Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

toemphasize both the simplicity and complexity of the problems that they will encounter asengineers. The Shewhart Cycle was used as a tool for continuous learning and improvement inthe design of this course.9 The Shewhart Cycle consists of four continuous steps: Plan, Do,Check, Act, and then repeat as necessary. If we discovered that the students did not learn whatwas intended in the check portion of the cycle, we would move through the cycle again underslightly different conditions. The syllabus reflects the Shewhart Cycle, because it leaves roomfor change by keeping the subjects somewhat vague, such as “Pit and Pit’um Laboratory” orComplex Systems (see the class web page at http://www.me.sc.edu/courses/U101E/). Thisallowed room in the course for

Conference Session

Innovations in ChE Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Zollars; Jim Henry

provide. With the advent of high-speedInternet communications an alternative approach to providing hands-on experiences hasbecome possible – remote operation of real equipment. Such remote operationexperiences are fully learn-by-doing with nearly all the positive and negative aspects oftrue hands-on laboratory work. Such an approach can, however, be frustrating forstudents at the remote site if the equipment malfunctions.During the past two years the process control class at Washington State University(WSU) was taught using both of these approaches. Computer simulations for processidentification and control were provided using Control Station®(http://ww.controlstation.com). Remote operation of actual equipment for the samepurposes was provided

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

requirement has not been used as a deciding factor inselection. Instead we have targeted recruiting directly at institutions, majors, and organizations,which result in an application pool that is more representative of the general population than theaverage demographic pool in engineering at Washington State University.Our REU program starts at the beginning of June and runs for ten weeks ending the first week ofAugust. We have found that interactions between the students are increased if they all stay indormitory accommodation on campus. These interactions are important not only on the sociallevel but also appear to increase collaborations in the laboratory. During the first week of theprogram the students meet each other, are introduced to the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

projects. 12. To develop skills in locating information resources (library and other). 13. To introduce some of the computer tools and laboratory equipment available in the department.The list of objectives is a tall order for a course that meets for two “lectures” a week, onMondays and Fridays and a three-hour lab period on Wednesdays. Traditionally, the lab periodshave been used for special topics related to the design project in the beginning and to theplanning and construction of the project in the latter part of the semester. The lectures arefocused on the subjects from the textbooks4-6 and some in-house papers. Topics covered in thelectures are: 1) Team Work, Personality Type, Conflict Resolution; 2) Keys to Success

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Heenan; Hector Estrada

Engineering Department) has averaged 270 admissions applications per year over thelast two years. Freshman admission into the program is limited to an average of 78 students or29% of the applicants according to Dr. Edward Gibson2, former Associate Chairman forArchitectural Engineering. The main reason for limiting enrollment of freshman students Page 10.455.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationaccording to Dr. Gibson is limited space, including laboratory and studio facilities. The studentswho are not

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnaldo Mazzei

) per week, with four hours oflecture or, when the course requires, a lecture and a laboratory (both consisting of two hours).For basic design courses, where no laboratory is included or in-class activities are not required,the two-hour lecture blocks can be more efficiently utilized if part of the block is used for studentlearning of the material presented by the instructor instead of using the entire block just forinstructor presentation.This paper presents a simple idea for achieving this goal. The idea was implemented and testedin three distinct engineering courses, namely ME-309 (Vibrations), MECH 210 (Mechanics I –Statics), and MECH 310 (Mechanics III – Dynamics). For evaluation purposes, student feedbackand comments are included in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Morgan; Beverly Davis

Promoting Engineering Education as a Career: A Generational Approach James Morgan, Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory Beverly Davis, Purdue UniversityAbstractCurrently, there is a fundamental paradigm shift in society with regards to attitudestowards the sciences. In higher education, this shift is especially noticeable withinengineering programs. Many educators are encouraged to shift the traditional teachingfocus and concentrate on student learning. A disturbing trend finds many young peopleare unaware what a career in engineering entails, are unaware of the job opportunitiesafforded to them with an engineering degree, or for numerous reasons decide early on

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Johnson; Jason Lynch; Michael Butkus

breadth of material coverage while simultaneouslypresenting courses in a logical fashion so that they build upon and reinforce one another and notappear as individual, disjointed topics. Aligning courses and their content with the engineeringthought process is one approach that can achieve both objectives. This paper describes how thisconcept is applied to a three course engineering sequence offered as a part of a core curriculumto non-engineering students at the United States Military Academy. Engineering design stepssuch as problem definition, design and analysis are linked with fundamental environmentalengineering concepts like risk assessment, pollutant partitioning, and materials balance.Examples of how course objectives, laboratory

Conference Session

New ET Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Crossman

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American society for Engineering Educationsubstantial and the program has a great deal of potential to serve an important need for themilitary and for the country._________________________________Bibliography1. Crossman, G. The Logistics of Teaching an Interactive Television Course to Remote Sites, Proceeings of the1997 ASEE Annual Conference, Session 1649, Milwaukee, WI, June 1997.2. Verma, A. & Crossman, G. A Mobile Instructional Laboratory to Supplement the Televised Program inEngineering Technology, Proceedings of the 1995 ASEE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 1995.3. Crossman, G. Teaching Laboratories in Distance

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; Dana Burnett; Michael Warren; Rainer Fink

ofteaching concepts in mixed signal test. [1] This initiative began with the donation of a Teradyne A567automated production (ATE) tester by Texas Instruments, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc., which is currentlybeing used in the advanced mixed signal test course. This is one of two mixed signal test courses that arecurrently offered within the EET program. The introductory and advanced mixed signal courses givestudents a hands-on experience in the field of mixed signal test. By using both the ATE tester and aPC-based lab station, a variety of topics in mixed signal test taught in the classroom can be reinforcedthrough a laboratory experience. One topic that is of particular interest is that of data correlationbetween test platforms.Data correlation refers

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Benson; John Baker; David Silverstein

students in mechanical engineeringtechnology enrolled at MuSU and mechanical and chemical engineering students at UK.This collaborative effort involves utilizing the design skills of the UK students to developtransfer functions required to model and design a control system for an ElectrohydraulicActuation (EHA) position control apparatus located in the Motion Control Laboratory onthe MuSU campus. MuSU students use their hands-on skills to develop the hardwaresystem and implement the control scheme. Students at UK and MuSU then jointly (viathe Internet) operate the equipment, conduct experiments, report observations,troubleshoot problems, and evaluate both success and failure. In addition to the practicalexperience in controls education, students

Conference Session

Assessment in Large and Small Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Heidi Newell; Kevin Dahm

- A hazardous operations (haz-op) report - One final examination from a junior level chemical engineering class (Reaction Engineering or Heat Transfer) - One laboratory report from the senior level Unit Operations Laboratory Course)These items were all “constructed-response formats” (5-7) in which a student furnishedan “authentic” response to a given assignment or test question. These were selected overmultiple choice “selected response” formats because they better represented realisticbehavior (8).Although the items contained in the portfolio provided a wide range of samples of studentwork, they could not be as neatly mapped to the ABET criteria. There was simply noway to look

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudhir Mehta

Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculumat North Dakota State University, like in many ME curriculums at other universities. It consistsof two 50-minute recitations and one two-hour laboratory. Typically, the course contains erroranalysis, different types of sensors, signal conditioning, and computerized data acquisitionsystems.A PBL module for the temperature measurement unit was introduced using a real-world problemof instrumenting some parts of a power plant (please see Appendix). In this exercise, students,working in small groups, identified what they needed to know (learning issues) to solve thisproblem. The instructor’s role during this exercise was that of a facilitator, pointing students inthe right direction mainly by asking questions (as in

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hazel Pierson; Daniel Suchora

the freshman year.First semester engineering freshmen at Youngstown State take a three semester hour coursewhich is taught with two lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week. One of the activitiesthese students complete is a model rocket project. Teams of up to five students investigate theproblem of predicting the height a model rocket can obtain and compare this prediction with theactual height achieved by a model rocket launched by the group. Page 7.54.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Williams; Robert Doty

are discussed. Finally,results of an alumni assessment survey are presented. The goal of the practice-based seniordesign experience at Baylor University is to produce engineering graduates who have the self-confidence and practical knowledge necessary to become immediately productive in today’sproject-oriented workplace. Interpretation of these assessment results supports the conclusionthat this goal has been met.I. IntroductionEngineering design is integrated throughout the curriculum at Baylor University, and meaningfuldesign work is required of students in many courses beginning with the introductory freshmancourse and progressing through the senior electives and laboratories. However, EGR 4390Engineering Design II is the capstone design

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Tragesser; Gregory Agnes

Session 2793 SIMSAT: A Ground-based Platform for Demonstrating Satellite Attitude Dynamics and Control S. G. Tragesser and G. S. Agnes Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7765 J. Fulton U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO 80841AbstractA laboratory platform capable of demonstrating the attitude dynamics of an orbiting satellite wasdeveloped at the Air Force Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrzej Filipkowski; Krzysztof Zaremba

, the engineering education was delayed as compared to the Western Europeancountries. Many elements of education had to be changed with a view to preparing ourengineers for entering the European labor market: · curricula · laboratories · teaching and learning system · industrial training · foreign language teaching · attitude open to international orientationIt was a great advantage that education decision makers had become well aware of what wasgoing on in the world and could try to introduce the most desirable changes.Let me discuss the above mentioned elements of engineering education one by one.Curricula. In this respect the situation was not so bad. Polish universities of technology wereresistant enough during these

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

cylinders on an internal combustion engine.Basic sensor assembly was completed as a laboratory requirement for the course. The sensorassembly consists of an optical encoder, a sensor holder frame and a handle. A pulley is attachedto the shaft of the encoder. An O-ring is fitted over the groove of the pulley. When pressedagainst it, the pulley can ride on crankshaft belt of an idling internal combustion engine. Pulsesgenerated by the encoder are acquired and stored in a file using National Instruments 1 PCI 6023Edata acquision board and National Instruments LabVIEW data acquisition software. Stored datais processed using LabVIEW software and results are displayed. Variation of frequency of thesignal is proportional to the belt speed. Belt speed is

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Biswajit Ray

experience.Direct and indirect assessments of the established student outcomes for the project experiencewere conducted to evaluate the pedagogical effectiveness of the PBL approach.End-of-semester projects, a key component of the PBL methodology, provide opportunities tostudents for developing the project idea, preparing the project proposal, specifying all of thenecessary sensors and actuators, implementing the project including necessary shop work,preparing a final report, and orally presenting their work including demonstrating successfuloperation of the project.The following sections present a summary of the course-level assessment approach, pre-projectcourse-embedded laboratory experience, PBL structure and management, two sample studentproject

Collection

2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Michael Marsolek, Seattle University; Katie Kuder, Seattle University; Joseph Pacini; Patricia Jones; Luis Jaramillo Gomez; Manuela Estrada Giraldo; Manuela Torres Giraldo; Juan Camilo Valencia Reyes; Jose Manuel Rangel Gutierrez de Pineres; Zainab Ahmad, Seattle University; Ian Woodley, Seattle University

initial analyses, and plan exchange visits. In spring, students at SU carried outlaboratory work to create synthetic coffee wastewater. PUJ visited Seattle University in earlysummer to conduct laboratory tests using the synthetic coffee wastewater with granular mediaand bag filters. Seattle University went to Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá in latesummer to tour coffee farms, see various coffee bean harvesting and water processingtechniques, and conduct laboratory tests using the same filters but with real coffee wastewater.Experimental results show that sand filters could significantly improve turbidity but suffer fromsevere head loss, while the bag filters perform poorly with synthetic wastewater but showpromise with real coffee

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Ayse Tekes, Kennesaw State University; Razvan Cristian Voicu, Kennesaw State University; Coskun Tekes

laboratory environments. To give an example, theeducational laboratory equipment favorably utilized in mechanical vibrations and control theorycourses is tailored with custom software and data acquisition systems to implement inputs and recordoutput data. This inhibits students’ understanding of signal flow and data recording. Consequently,students struggle to replicate similar tasks using low-cost alternatives to actuate the mechanisms ordesign a controller to accomplish desired tasks. To address this problem, we collected feedback fromundergraduate mechanical engineering students enrolled in mechanical vibrations (junior level) andcontrol theory courses (senior level) to assess their confidence levels and proficiency inprogramming, identifying

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Introductory Physics Laboratory," The Physics Teacher 41, no.7 (2003): 394-401.2 Trevor S. Volkwyn et al., "Impact of a conventional introductory laboratory course on the understanding ofmeasurement," Phys.Rev.ST Phys.Educ.Res. 4, no. 1 (2008): 010108.3 Walter Bich, Maurice G. Cox, and Peter M. Harris, "Evolution of the 'Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty inMeasurement'," Metrologia 43, no. 4 (2006): S161-S166.4 R. Kacker, K. Sommer, and R. Kessel, "Evolution of modern approaches to express uncertainty in measurement,"Metrologia 44, no. 6 (2007): 513.5 BIPM et al., International Vocabulary of Metrology—Basic and general concepts and associated terms(VIM),Anonymous , 3rded. Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology, 2008)6 Raymond T. Birge

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle D. Lutes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Teresa A. Shanklin, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

12 and 20 students per semester. The numbers are limited by the number ofworkstations and mobile devices in our mobile computing laboratory. Page 22.1305.2This first offering of CIT 355 had students programming applications for the Microsoft PocketPC PDA platform as this platform was the clear market leader in the handheld device space atthe time. Students used the C# programming language, the Visual Studio IDE, and the .NETCompact Framework class libraries when developing applications. In addition to being a popularplatform, this environment proved useful for pedagogical reasons as our students had used VisualStudio IDE and C# in prerequisite

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iem Heng, New York City College of Technology; Andy S. Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College Of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

design technology) meet in the center to discuss and share their ideas,to test design concepts, to experiment with and to hold workshops and seminars.The MTC consists of a new robotic laboratory and several existing laboratories. The existinglaboratories are: CAD, Materials Testing, Manufacturing, Control Systems, Instrumentation, andComputer Controlled Systems Laboratories.These state of the art software and hardware give designers the necessary freedom to choose andtest their design ideas. They enable designers to try different options and to offer different designalternatives. New machines such as a CNC milling center, injection molding, water jet, and 3Dprinters have been utilized by faculty and students to make parts for their design

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Deniz Gurkan, University of Houston; Mequanint A. Moges, University of Houston; Victor J. Gallardo, University of Houston; Mehrube Mehrubeoglu, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi; Morteza Sameei, Houston Community College Northeast

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

concept mapping were presented by invited faculty. Samples of concept mapscreated by current lab assistants were presented as learning objects. One additional goal was thecreation of a library of concept maps for CLABS. In addition, at the beginning of each semester,the Lab Management team and faculty offer a two-day laboratory assistant orientation workshop.Topics such as teaching techniques, safety procedures, professional etiquette, and organization oflaboratories were covered during the workshops. The attendees included Lab Assistants (LA),Student Assistants (SA) and Undergraduate Mentors (UGM) although, this specific workshopwas aimed to the LA's, SA's and UGM who were involved directly in the ELET 1100, ELET1101, ELET 2103 laboratories as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hirak C. Patangia, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

engineering and other university students who want to explore engineering as a career path or for personal enrichment. He has written a textbook and a laboratory manual for the course ’Introduction to Electronics and Electrical Systems: A PBL Approach’.He has received numerous awards for teaching excellence at UALR including Donaghey Outstanding Teacher award. He has also received recognition for research excellence from the chancellor and college. His research interest is in the gen- eral area of signal processing (analog/digital) and he is working on new approaches in inverter design and solar controller to improve efficiency of solar energy conversion. He received the bachelor’s degree with honors from Indian Institute

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Programs and the Transition to Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roy Pruett, Bluefield State College; Bruce V. Mutter, Bluefield State College

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

was able to assist us. Working closely Page 22.280.3with an active and energetic member of our IAC, this ELET faculty member was able to securePLC equipment valued at approximately $100,000.00 and suitable to begin lab work. As ourPLC laboratory began to take shape, we were also able to secure other units from variousmanufacturers. The demonstrated commitment of the IAC and our industrial partnersencouraged the College to make supplementary purchases of various PLC-enabling software andsupporting programs that would not have occurred otherwise. Today, our PLC laboratory is thebest equipped in our State and the western area of a neighboring

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

audits at industrial facilities. The author led over 90 of these audits.The basic structure of the course on a quarter system is five credits, four hours of lecture perweek and two hours of laboratory per week. During the course of the quarter the student learnsthe development of the energy audit procedure including energy saving calculations for industrialsettings. The student develops and explores the creation of industrial energy audits through theextensive use of case studies. The student is presented the structure and outline of an energyaudit process including learning how to identify and classify the parts of the energy audit. Page

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prawat Nagvajara, Drexel University, Electrical and Computer Engineering ; Robin Kizirian, Drexel University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

laboratory manual5.The relevance of the project can be justified by the sensitivity of electronic devices totemperature. Most of these devices contain fans which have to be controlled to keep theelectronic environment at a stable temperature. This represents a practical application that canfamiliarize students with different engineering theories and concepts such as PWM andfrequency measurement techniques.The system design is shown in Figure 2(a). The fan is equipped with an integral tachometerwhich allows the monitoring and controlling of the fan’s speed. The controller utilizes a simplepulse width modulator to change the width of the pulse provided to the fan and thus, allowing tochange its speed. Although the fan’s speed is calculated by

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

learning- often like to work in groupsIt is worth noticing that the above lists of shortcomings and advantages would largely be thesame if the non-traditional students and traditional students were described as middle-agestudents and around 20 years old students respectively. It needs to be noticed that in general,personal qualities, experiences and aptitudes possessed by and individual due to his/her own life 4, 5and work experiences are simply reflected in the classroom and laboratory environment .These qualities and aptitudes may be very difficult and time-consuming to modify and ratherneed to be taken advantage of. Universities must