Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Kami Carey, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

tool, which asks students tothink about how knowledge from prior courses both technical and non-technical wasapplied to the design process, is used as a means of training engineering students toincorporate prior knowledge, including their liberal arts education, into the engineering Page 12.1458.3designs. 2Purpose Engineering projects not only require the incorporation of sound technical skills,but also the integration of the social, legal, economical, historical and political constraintsthat define the range of solutions to engineering problems. It is hypothesized that theopportunity to reflect allows

Conference Session

Student Diversity: attracting and retaining a diverse population of students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

year. TheTeacher Workshops, led by engineering, mathematics, and science faculty at Louisiana Tech,illustrate practical applications of high school mathematics and science topics. The DiscoveryWeekends include project-oriented, hands-on engineering and science activities following thetheme of the Teacher Workshops. The culminating Discovery Weekend includes a designcompetition in which students apply knowledgegained throughout the year. Students who LaTechSTEP Recruitment Componentparticipate in this program will have a broaderexposure to applications of mathematics and Partner Math/Science

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-705: ROBOT PALLETIZING WORK CELL SIMULATIONAkbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Dr. Akbar Eslami is a professor and Engineering Technology coordinator in the Department of Technology at Elizabeth City State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Old Dominion University. His research interests are in computer aided manufacturing, design,and automation. Page 13.1057.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Robot Palletizing Work Cell SimulationAbstractThe purpose of this project is to design a fully functional automated palletizing work

Conference Session

Who Should Teach the BOK

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Maccariella, Urban Engineers, Inc. / Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, inspection, and design projects. He is an adjunct instructor for both Rowan University and Norwich University, teaching Senior Design I, Senior Design II, Civil Engineering Practice, and Advanced Structural Analysis II. He is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (serves on the Bridge Security Committee), and the American Society of Highway Engineers (serves on the Southern New Jersey Board of Directors). Page 12.1459.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 The Role of Adjuncts In Teaching ASCE’s Body of KnowledgeAbstractThe National Research Council (NRC

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Technology & Textbooks

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Keith Hargrove, Morgan State University; Marie Dahleh, Harvard University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

theemerging global competition of the production of engineers. The use of multimedia andinformation technologies has provided a tool for learning delivery in engineeringeducation, and this project provides a methodology to incorporate real-world experiencewith decision making in an academic setting. The use of a multimedia case study is usedfor an engineering design course to encourage team work, improve presentation skills,and simulate real world decision making. An evaluation of the project suggests thatstudents are susceptible to this pedagogy for engineering instruction, and that it canpromote critical thinking and team work in an academic environment.IntroductionThe industry foghorn continues to resonate across the engineering academy on the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan E Canney P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Molly Victoria Shea, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

’ experiences as theygrappled with the process of problem identification within other communities, prior todeveloping engineering solutions. We concentrated on how students reorganize knowledgeacross contexts (the classroom and the community) as a basis for understanding learning.Specifically, we examined how these students negotiated the elements of problem identificationincluding: moving from an abstract understanding of problem identification in the classroominto the situated understanding in the community, collaboration with a community partner, andmanaging goals between the classroom and the community.IntroductionThe history of engineering projects for community development is rife with stories of failures,wasted money, and communities that end up

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Devlin B. Montfort, Washington State University; Cara J Poor P.E., Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

  I. ABSTRACTThis  paper  describes  work  in  developing  research-­‐based  curricular  materials  for  students’  conceptual  understanding  of  mechanics  of  materials.    The  work  will  begin  in  summer  2013,  and  the  paper  outlines  the  proposed  work  as  well  as  the  preliminary  research  efforts  supporting  the  launch  of  this  project.   II. INTRODUCTIONResearchers  have  known  for  decades  that  students’  conceptual  understanding  of  fundamental  engineering  and  science  concepts  starts  low  and  does  not  change  significantly  after  traditional,  lecture-­‐based  education1-­‐6.    Theoretical  and  empirical  research  in  conceptual  change  and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bourn, Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy; Sarah C. Baxter, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

students who don’t define themselves asmathematicians, but whose careers require what we will call “mathematical intuition” to supportthe use of technology in solving problems and to anticipate a correct solution.The goal of this paper is to describe a project-based learning experience that has the potential tohelp students build their mathematical intuition by requiring them to formally estimate within thesolution process. By requiring estimations, the project becomes open-ended; students understandthat their answers are not exact, or ‘right’, but are still valid. Framing the project as one thatcorresponds well to students’ sense of what one ‘does’ in their discipline provides a greaterdegree of student autonomy in completing the project because

Conference Session

Electrical ET Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Conrad; Marvin Needler

Tim King modules were used as part of a three week design project at the endof the semester. Each two-member lab group was assigned one of the five modules. Thegroup was to design the controls for the module. At the conclusion of the project, five programs were placed in a common programto run the complete system. Each group was given the operational specifications and theinput/output diagram. There was a video of each section placed on the course web site.So the groups could observe the operation of their section and of the entire system. There were design problems that resulted in burning out several motors. Themotors in the system will not tolerate being stalled. Electronic current limiting will be

Conference Session

Laboratory Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Yu Yan, University of British Columbia; Carolyn Labun, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

assist with this goal, students were encouraged, early in the term, to discover reallife examples of mechanisms with an aim to promote curiosity and foster interest in learning.Throughout the term, a design project was introduced which required students not only to applyfundamentals of kinematics and dynamics, but also to exercise skills in teamwork, collaborativelearning and communication. A student survey was conducted at the end of the course and theefficacy of the approach was assessed.IntroductionThe University of British Columbia‟s Okanagan campus was established in 2005 in Kelowna,British Columbia. The School of Engineering offers three undergraduate programs: CivilEngineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. In 2010

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tze-Chi Hsu; N. Yu

system in Taiwan and manyprograms in education reform have been conducted recently. Among these reforms, the international cooperation hasreceived extensive attention from the academia and the government. There are many ways to conduct internationalcooperation such as personnel exchanges, participating in conferences, holding seminars and working on jointresearch projects. The people involved in these activities could range from undergraduate students, graduate students Page 10.1300.2to faculty members. Among all these activities, personnel exchange is probably the easiest and most popularprogram to implement. For most

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2010-1653: COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTION IN FIRST YEARENGINEERING: THE GLUESarah Lockwood, University of CalgaryDaryl Caswell, University of CalgaryMarjan Eggermont, University of Calgary Page 15.292.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 COMMUNICATIONS INSTRUCTION IN FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING: THE GLUEAbstractENGG 251: Design and Communications One and ENGG 253: Design andCommunications Two are the flagship courses for the Common Core year at The S___School of Engineering, University of C___. Mandatory courses for all first year (~730)students, ENGG 251/253 are project-based courses on engineering design, taught by aninterdisciplinary

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

spent much of his career conducting research on stars that pulsate and working with NASA spacecraft. Later he became involved in managing scientific projects. He served as the director of a scientific research center for a major corporation and operated his own consulting firm. In recent years he has been focused on issues of space science education. He was in charge of education activities for the Hubble Space Telescope and later became the Director of NASA’s Origins Education Forum. He has served as the Assistant Director for Maryland Space Grant Consortium since March, 2006.Guangming Chen, Morgan State University Dr. Chen is an associate professor in Industrial Engineering

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Craft; David Click; P. Paxton Marshall

domestic hot water and space heating using a radiant floor. There is also a stone-linedsunroom for collecting and storing solar energy, and adjustable louvers over the extensive south-facing glazing to regulate incoming solar radiation. Data logging, control and user interface areintegrated by a LabVIEW-based automation system. The house continues to serve as alaboratory for multidisciplinary capstone design team projects. The project, which allows students to learn energy concepts in an integrated realisticsetting, provides numerous benefits for engineering students that are often lacking in standardengineering instruction, and that are being emphasized by the new ABET EC 2000 criteria. Itintroduces them to holistic systems thinking—that

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Richardson; Dick Blandford

. Objectives3.1 Objectives in Creating the CourseIn looking at the computer engineering curriculum at the University of Evansville (UE) it seemedthat the spring term of the junior year was the best time to offer such a course. This allowsstudents to obtain adequate prerequisite preparation. It also gives them the opportunity tofollow-up and complete a major capstone project which includes real-time and embeddedsystems during their senior year. The objectives in creating the course were: • Keep hardware and software costs low so that the course can be offered inexpensively and so that students can do course assignments in their home/dorm as well as in a lab. • Use hardware and software similar to that currently being used in industry

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Jinlee Kim P.E., California State University Long Beach

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

and construction management, sustainable design and construction, building information modeling, project management practices, and engineering educational research methods. He is an active member of ASCE and ASEE. Page 24.459.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Effectiveness of Green-BIM Teaching Method in Construction Education Curriculum Jin-Lee Kim Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Engineering Management California State University at Long

Conference Session

The Teacher as Manager: Best Practices for Culminating Design Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James B Guthrie P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Architectural Engineering Department at California Polytech- nic State University (Cal Poly) at San Luis Obispo, Calif. Nelson came to Cal Poly with more than 25 years of structural design and project management experience. She is a registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer in the states of California and Washington. Nelson received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno and a M.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Washington.Prof. Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University Brent Nuttall is an Associate Professor for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Poly- technic State University in San Luis Obispo. Until 2003

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

allows students topursue various areas of interest and undertake multidisciplinary projects, must be balancedagainst a rigorous foundation. Emphasis on project work, applications and professional practicemust be balanced against developing strong theoretical and analytical skills.This paper describes the new curriculum, the principles underlying it and the plan for itsdeployment. Although in many respects the Cooper Union is a unique institution, it is hoped thatour approach can provide a roadmap for curricular innovations in other engineering schools.An Overview of Electrical Engineering at The Cooper Union.The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a small school located in lowerManhattan, with total enrollment in the range

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stan Guidera

belong to A but not to B [11]. (Figure 1.) In addition to Constructive Solid Geometry, 3D CAD applications include the ability tocreate complex solid-based geometry by sweeping two-dimensional shapes and projections [12].These extrusions and swept solids, such as a revolution or linear sweep of a planar face, can alsobe used in Boolean operations. Constructive solid geometry (CSG) uses trees (CSG Trees) totrack the operations on the building block primitives. Conceptually, objects that compose theCSG tree are represented with the root of the tree defining the object, the terminal branches or Page 10.228.2“Proceedings of the

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Kidd; P. Paxton Marshall

a structured approach to the design process,while allowing the students an opportunity to achieve a substantial and rewarding endproduct. The aim is to provide open-ended projects that develop students’ engineeringskills and also allow them to see more directly the connections between engineering andthe larger society around them. Collaborations with fine arts departments provideengineering students the opportunities to address social issues, while developingcreativity and technical skills. This paper describes a collaboration with the Dramadepartment to create special effects for student-written and directed plays.Introduction Engineering is fun. Well, at least it’s supposed to be. Unfortunately, many first-year engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Lloyd Massengill; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

Session 3125 Development of a Joint BME, ME, and EE/CE Senior Engineering Design SeminarPaul H. King, Ph.D., P.E., Donald L. Kinser, Ph.D., P.E., Joel Barnett, Ph.D., Lloyd Massengill, Ph.D., Andrew Dozier, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 37235AbstractIn the spring term of 2003 the design instructors from the departments of BiomedicalEngineering (PK), Mechanical Engineering (DK, JB) and Electrical and ComputerEngineering (LM, JB, AD) met to discuss the possibility of collaboration oninterdisciplinary design projects and the development of a common design lecture for allfour majors

Conference Session

TYCD 2005 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Shanehsaz; Michael Qaissaunee

(ATE) national centers, two of the premier engineering schools in thecountry, magnet high schools in Monmouth County that focus on technology andcommunications curricula, and a regional leader in the wireless telecommunications industry, ismodifying its existing Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree program in ElectronicsEngineering Technology to integrate wireless communications and security, and creating modelAAS degree and certificate programs in wireless communications and security articulated fromhigh school through community college and to the university level. As an NCTT RegionalPartner, the project staff will implement similar programs throughout the region and generallycontribute to program development and improvement at

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Gibson; Dorene Perez; Rose Marie Lynch

Best of Ten: Reengineering Makes Industry Meaningful in College Dorene Perez, Jim Gibson, Rose Marie Lynch Illinois Valley Community CollegeAn entrepreneurial project at Illinois Valley Community College immerses engineeringdesign and electronics students in reengineering over the entire course of their two-yeartechnical programs.The four-semester program brings freshmen engineering and electronics students into thecontinuous quality improvement loop in their first semester courses where they analyze andrecommend improvements on products previously designed and produced by student teams.In their second semester, the engineering and

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Dunbar

Session 2213Construction and Testing of a Pilot Scale Drinking Water Treatment Process Paul D. Dunbar*, Lori Morris+, and L. Yu Lin++*Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Paducah Extension Campus,Paducah, KY/+Ensafe Inc., Memphis, TN/++Christian Brothers University, Department of CivilEngineering, Memphis, TNAbstract This project was a senior design project for a civil engineering student. The project’sgoal was to build a cost-effective and energy efficient system to treat surface water on a pilotscale. Due to its relatively inexpensive costs and the safe nature of the project, this type ofproject can serve as an

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Aronson; Marie Reyes; Jeff Goldberg

Development Center (VDC) at the University of Arizona committeditself to increasing retention of women students through improving the quality of educationalexperiences. Our approach was to develop programming and coursework for cohorts of womenengineering undergraduates. We focus on opportunities both within and outside the curriculumspanning the 4 undergraduate years: in building community during the freshman year, and inbuilding commitment to engineering by focusing on community projects during the sophomore,junior, and senior years. At this point, we have implemented our junior and senior programs. Thebasic process starts with a 1-day "innovation workshop" led by facilitators from the Institute forWomen and Technology. Next we have a 1-semester

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frank Pietryga; Gregory Dick

documentation.This paper focuses on the third of these.The programming course at UPJ has always included programming projects. Nominally,one programming project is assigned each week. No assignment is made in those weeksduring which an exam is being administered. In the second half of the course moresubstantial projects are assigned; these may be intended for one and a half or two weeksduration. The result is that students typically complete about ten programming projects.Students submit a report documenting their experience with each project. The report Page 9.146.1includes: Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Real-World Applications

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach; David Loker; Ronald Krahe

Session 1649 Remote Sensing with GPS Sensor and Cellular Modem David R. Loker, P.E., Ronald P. Krahe, P.E., Jeffrey Kirsch, Ted J. Yowonske, R. Joseph Cunningham, Joseph R. Petrovich Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractIn this paper, a remote sensing project is presented for a senior technical electivetelecommunications course in the Electrical Engineering Technology Baccalaureate Program atPenn State Erie, The Behrend College. There are several noteworthy characteristics of thisproject. First, the project used a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

PolytechnicInstitute (WPI) and the Worcester Public Schools (WPS) have formed a partnership to developtechnology/engineering curriculum materials for grades K-6 and to prepare teachers, who do notgenerally have a technical background, to implement them. The participants are WPI faculty,graduate fellows in engineering and science disciplines, undergraduate engineering and sciencestudents, and WPS elementary school teachers. This partnership is innovative because it is thefirst to address the Massachusetts technology/engineering frameworks in grades K-6.Project ObjectivesNSF has a longstanding interest in addressing pipeline issues in technical education, and thisprogram represents an opportunity to interest young children, especially girls andunderrepresented

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Shaeiwitz

Session 3613 Observations on Forming Teams and Assessing Teamwork Joseph A. Shaeiwitz West Virginia UniversityIntroductionThere are two, well-known, conventional wisdoms regarding team formation. One is that teamsshould be assigned rather than self selected. Another is that white males dominate all teamfunctions; therefore, women and minorities should not be in the numerical minority on any team.In the Chemical Engineering Department at West Virginia University, students have been doingdesign projects in teams of 3 or 4 each semester in the sophomore and junior

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Belle Upadhyaya

material. The development anddemonstration of the web-based teaching material is focused on one of the modules usedin the college-wide course entitled Introduction to Maintenance Engineering. Themodule incorporates interactive course material, examples, PowerPoint slides, and videoclips of rotating machinery in operation.1. IntroductionIntroduction to Maintenance Engineering is one of the courses that was developedunder a National Science Foundation Combined Research Curriculum Development (NSF-CRCD) project at The University of Tennessee. This is presented as a distance educationcourse and consists of twelve modules. The course presents the principles of variousmaintenance technologies as they are practiced by the U.S. industry. The module