Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Walls, University of Arkansas; Thomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas; Ishita Tandon, University of Arkansas; Timothy J. Muldoon, University of Arkansas; Mostafa Elsaadany, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Paper ID #43816Development of an Innovation Corps-Modelled Bioengineering Course to PromoteEntrepreneurial Engagement Among Undergraduate StudentsAmanda Walls, University of ArkansasThomas Hudnall McGehee, University of Arkansas Thomas ”Hud” McGehee is an undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. While Hud’s primary research focus is on nanocomposite biomaterials for orthopedic applications, engineering education prevails as another area of interest. Hud plans to pursue higher education by utilizing his engineering background in his future career in veterinary medicine via research and development in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Clemson University; Elizabeth A Adams P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Nihal Orfi, Fresno City College; Emily Evans, Magnolia Consulting

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

wassubmitted and awarded to enable the ESP to support additional students at FCC and enable themto take longer than the planned completion time of two years to finish their pre-transfer courses.The supplemental funding impact also extended to support scholars at the local four-yearuniversity, California State University-Fresno (CSU-F), where the majority of scholars transferred.DemographicsFCC is two-year, Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native AmericanPacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) located in Fresno, California. The city of Fresnois one of the most racially and ethnically diverse areas in California. Of the more than 500,000residents of Fresno, many face challenges of concentrated poverty [1], with 30.0

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Stephen Jodis, Saint Vincent College; Stacy Birmingham, Saint Vincent College

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

resources – programfunding, lab and classroom space, equipment, software, etc. New programs must also buildawareness and connections with the local community, industry, and government to attractstudents, offer meaningful learning experiences, and build job placement pipelines. In addition,they must ensure they conform with and enhance the educational mission of the colleges they arepart of. While this can impose limiting curricular constraints, it can also be seen as anopportunity to develop a unique educational product. In 2013, Saint Vincent College (a smallcollege with a strong liberal arts and sciences focus) initiated a four-year bachelor's degree inengineering science after several years of planning. In the decade since that time, the

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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

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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

Collection

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

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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

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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

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wei Cao; Yanqing Gao; Jason Robert Mace

different operation platforms work together as aswarming group; the organization and function of a swarming team is just like bees or ants. Theindividual intelligent robot can run in either autonomous mode or cooperative mode. Normally, there isone or more ground station(s) to coordinate and initiate the swarming team. The path planning andobstacle avoidance will become a part of formatted cooperative team work. The communication between the ground station(s) and individual intelligent robots has beendeveloped in a systematic manner in the past decade. However, there is no convinced and reliablephysical communication means between individual robots available. And the fact of that there isn’t anymethodology of information exchanging between

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava; H. Rex Gaskins, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

usability of the modules. However, the students were very engaged and exceled. Theycontributed insightful ideas in discussions that shaped module content, worked well in theirinterdisciplinary teams to iteratively redesign modules based on feedback, refined learningobjectives, and contributed not only to their groups but to the class. Throughout the process,students learned about each other’s own research which is beneficial in growing one’s networkand establishing future collaborations.While there were many positives in the course, there were also areas of improvement whichcould be incorporated by anyone planning to include this structure in a course. In spring 2022,students were initially confused about how to begin; so, in fall 2023, we added

Conference Session

Learning Mechanics through Visual and Tactile Modalities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Alan Zhang, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kathryn Mary Rupe, Western Washington University

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

teaching.They were still developing their teaching approach as of fall 2023 and adopted most of theprovided curriculum into the early weeks of their intervention section, implementing theprovided worksheets with minimal modifications for the topics that aligned with their courseoutcomes. Work with the models constituted a significant fraction of classroom time for the firstthird of the quarter, implementing four activities in the first three weeks. Instructor A made someadjustments later in the term in response to student feedback regarding the amount of class timedevoted to activities, ultimately implementing two activities (out of three originally planned)over the middle five weeks of the term.Instructor A taught with the models again in winter 2024

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alec Bowman; Chris Hedden; Gonzalo Garcia; Ryan Lykins

2waypoint along a track, the system follows an imaginary target moving along a trajectorybetween waypoints. When this pseudo target passes within a particular threshold distance fromthe track end, it moves to the next segment. By following the pseudo target instead of trying toattain the trajectory itself, the overall flight path is smoothed.The inherent nonlinearity of the aircraft together with its limited desired operation range makesthe use of on-line control law computation an ideal solution. The AFS employs nonlinear modelpredictive control (NMPC) to perform its guidance, navigation, and control for trajectorytracking. The combination of the nonlinear UAV model, the nonlinear guidance laws in bothlateral and longitudinal plans, the NMPC, and

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ronny N. Galloway

On Demand Lecture Content for Online Courses Using Boogie Board Rip TM and Jing TM Screen and Audio Capture Ronny N Galloway PE Pittsburg State UniversityAbstractFeedback from students in the author’s online classes has demonstrated desire for betterexplanation of the text book material. One method of delivering on demand lecture contentto online students is described. The delivery, assessment, and technology used will bediscussed. Initial feedback from the students will be described, as well as, the author’sperspective on the tools versus other methods currently used for online course contentdelivery. Also, plans for use of this method in the traditional

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. Brooks; Amithraj Amavasai

value was 2.7. The improvement of the debates group was statistically significant at an alpha value of 0.05. The result of t test confirmed that debates are a powerful tool in effectively engaging the students. The authors plan to extend the application of the debates concept to three other courses over the next three years.IntroductionSchools, colleges, and universities are increasingly turning to the assessment of learningoutcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of their programs. Debates could be used as an effectivetool for the assessment of educational objectives.MethodologyIn the Fall 06 semester, debates were used as a tool for learning the subject in an EnvironmentalScience course, C010. The students were

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert M. Brooks

. In a two-tailed t test the calculated t value was 6.5. The improvement of the Critical Thinking Issues group was statistically significant at an alpha value of 0.05. The result of t test confirmed that the Critical Thinking Issues are a powerful tool in learning the environmental science subject. The authors plan to extend the application of the Critical Thinking Issues concept to four other courses over the next four years.IntroductionThe students must do more than simply identify and discuss environmental problems andsolutions. The first and the most important step is to know what science is and is not. Then theinstructor should facilitate the process of developing critical thinking skills in the students

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

1 How Well Are We Doing? Focusing on Program Assessment Fahmida Masoom, Lecturer Abulkhair Masoom, Professor General Engineering University of Wisconsin-Platteville masoom@uwplatt.eduAbstractThe very first step in planning for an accreditation visit by ABET or other agencies usuallyinvolves deciding on assessment methods that can be readily included in the self-study reports.For a non-degree-granting department such as the General Engineering Department at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville, where do

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alec B. Scranton

students tointegrate their course with their off-campus jobs or other activities. In addition, a coursespecifically designed for the Internet can be more engaging and interactive than printededucational materials. Indeed, the features offered in a multimedia computing setting can beused to create a highly effective learning environment through well-designed audio-visualcontent. A well-designed Internet course can provide an added level of communication of thescientific concepts through carefully planned audio-visual content (including voice, simulations,animations, pictures, and video) that can be continuously updated and improved. Finally, anInternet course allows each student to control the pace of the course to suit his or her uniquestyle of

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert Bruce Kelsey

theperformance [Varela]. When faced with an ethical decision, we project ourselves into a courseof action based on our values, our vision of what our actions will produce, and most importantlyfor our purposes here, our knowledge of the means to achieve our desired ends. For the mostpart, software practitioners in the industry today don’t know the means to the end. They learnedthe programming and modeling languages. They can recite the PMI project phases. But theydon’t know how to manage software development or how to improve the development process.They don’t know how to proactively plan for, or how to mitigate, negative consequences, eventhough that is perhaps the most critical skill required in software development!So I whole-heartedly agree with

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kanchan Sharma; Isaac G. Macwan; Linfeng Zhang; Lawrence Hmurcik; Xingguo Xiong

the device plan, the proof mass Msexperiences an inertial force -Ms·a along the opposite direction. As a result, the beams deflectand the movable mass and movable fingers move for a certain displacement x along the directionof the inertial force. The left and right capacitance gaps are changed, hence the differentialcapacitances C1 and C2 will also be changed. By measuring this small differential capacitancechange, we know the value and the direction of the experienced acceleration. This is the workingprinciple of the MEMS comb accelerometer. The comb accelerometer design also supports in-field built-in self-test feature. Among these capacitance pairs, most capacitance groups act as the sensingcapacitance and other few capacitance groups act

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

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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

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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

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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

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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