Conference Session

Active & Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahrasadat Alavi, California State University, Chico; Kathleen Meehan, California State University, Chico

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Electrical and Computer

chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the California State University, Chico in 2017. She is actively involved in the development of mobile hands-on pedagogy as well as research on other topics in STEM education, the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials, and fermentation processes. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Enhancing Control Systems Design Course by Using Experiential Learning ModelIn this paper, authors present the outcomes of implementing an experiential learning model toexplore innovative teaching pedagogy in CSU Chico EECE 482 Control Systems Design course.To reach this goal, multiple projects and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: It's All About Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

on projects and consulted for a number of private companies, including Lockheed Martin, Harris, and Boeing. Zalewski served as a chairman of the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 5.4 on Industrial Software Quality, and of an International Federation of Automatic Control Technical Committee on Safety of Computer Control Systems. His major research interests include safety related, real-time embedded and cyberphysical computer systems, and computing education. Page 26.769.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Lora Mavrouli, Ohio State University

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Industrial Engineering

over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and serves as the treasurer of the Engineering Economics division.Miss Lora Mavrouli, Ohio State University c American Society for Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Center for Entrepreneurship California State University, Fullerton Pradeep Nair Computer Engineering Program California State University, Fullerton Amy Cox-Petersen Elementary and Bilingual Education Department California State University, FullertonUsing Business Entrepreneurship Practices to Engage Middle School Students in STEM Learning: Three Years PerspectiveAbstractSTEM-Inc is a 3-year NSF ITEST project designed as an after-school program targeting 7th and8th grade students from traditionally underrepresented groups. This project created a

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Glen Hordemann, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Sharon Lynn Chu, University of Florida; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Francis Quek, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Osazuwa John Okundaye Jr, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are integral part of her service-learning based logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess impact of good supply chain practices such as coordinated decision making in stochastic supply chains, handling supply chains during times of crisis and

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 16

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Christos Zahopoulos, Northeastern University; Rajini Jesudason, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

clusters, one of which is clean energy. Inone state, this is due in part to the 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA), whichmandates that greenhouse gases be reduced in the state to 25% below 1990 levels by 2020, and80% by 2050 [1]. To address the growing need for investment in job creation, a privateuniversity, an urban high school, and an industry partner collaborated to create a program forhigh schoolers to instill excitement in this growing field. Specifically, this program addressesthe increasing need for a diverse and highly skilled STEM (Science, Technology, Engineeringand Math) workforce with a focus on Clean Energy. The program was designed to: ● Offer an introductory engineering design course which used project-based learning

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Iowa State University; Ronald Cox, Iowa State University

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Manufacturing

manufacturing sectors.This three-credit lean course, which is comprised of a weekly two-hour lecture and two-hour lab(considering holidays and exam days), will be restructured into two major sessions: (1) 32 hours of lecture and lab activities for learning lean tools and principles, such as visual management, 5S, standardized work, quick changeover, pull system using kanban and poyayoke, and how to cost justify a lean project. (2) 22 hours working as a lean team at a local manufacturing company located less than 50 miles of campus, thus enabling students to conduct onsite a full- or half-day project.The final result is a lean presentation from the team to industrial mentors at the end of the semester. Itis

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics & Structural Modeling Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University; Enayat Mahajerin, Saginaw Valley State University; Anca Sala, Baker College

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Mechanical Engineering

purpose of single-variate and multi-variate regression analysis. 3. Flow of water in a tank (Filling, Draining, and simultaneous filling and draining of water from a cylindrical tank) to verify the thermodynamics and fluids concepts related to the “open systems”. Curve fitting and numerical integration results are used. 4. Ice melting: correlation of experimental results with theory and numerical approximation. Page 13.467.3A number rating of 0-69 (poor), 70-79 (satisfactory), 80-91 (good), 92-100 (excellent) has beenused in the assessment of the student performance. Also, the group project is evaluated asfollows

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Campbell, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

showcase students’ problem-solving skills andtheir ability to analyze and synthesize information. In the College of Engineering at the University of Texas (UT), an electronicportfolio system called Polaris is in use and undergoing iterative development. Thissystem developed in house has been created so that students can document theireducational progress and share what they have accomplished with an audience (i.e., theirprofessors, their peers, prospective employers, their parents). By using Polaris, studentshave a tool to record their course work, present projects, and evaluate their owneducational progress. Polaris benefits students by giving them a personalized yet professional lookingwebsite. Also, the system provides students

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

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Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-700: UNDERWATER ROVS IN PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION:UNIVERSITY-K12 PARTNERSHIPS THAT GO BEYOND THE COMPE-TITIONSDouglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University Mr. Oppliger is a professional engineer and a lecturer in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Michigan Technological University. He is the director of the High School Enterprise program which has a mission to increase the numbers of students pursuing post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM fields. At its core, this program supports K-12 teachers who are leading teams of students in long-term STEM projects. This work is the latest in Oppliger’s history of working in K-12 STEM areas. For the past 10 years he has developed and taught first

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering by Design II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed; Lucy King; Matthew Sanders; Jacqueline El-Sayed

– a project with Mechanical Engineering students fromGeorgia Tech, University of Maryland and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaigncollaborating to design an amphibious utility vehicle for the John Deere Corporation. They planto involve students from Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Business and other disciplines in thefuture.There are many other universities that educate their engineering students in multidisciplinaryareas by introducing new courses. However, literature is lacking that shows the work ofuniversities in multidisciplinary areas using their existing courses. Integrating existing coursesoffered by different departments to provide students a multidisciplinary experience is a new stepthat Kettering University faculty have

Conference Session

Graphics Applications in ME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Wilk

teaching a given course must apply for and receivecertification. With respect to the overall WAC requirement, the current ME curriculum hasseveral WAC-certified courses with the senior project satisfying the senior writing experiencerequirement.The College supports the writing activities by maintaining a Writing Center. This center isstaffed by student writing consultants. The student tutors are available to help writers in gettingstarted, writing drafts, and final editing -- in academic and nonacademic writing tasks. Uponrecommendation by faculty, the Writing Center hires some engineering students who can serveas consultants for technical writing.We feel it is important for students to have a broad exposure to different types of writing.Students

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 1

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Zhou Zhang, SUNY Farmingdale State College; Yizhe Chang, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Professional Papers

Zhang, Z., Chang, Y.AbstractGenerative Artificial Intelligence has revolutionized various sectors, including engineering educa-tion. This paper explores the integration of Generative AI tools into engineering curricula, focusingon their potential to enhance project-based learning (PBL), foster creativity, and offer personalizedlearning experiences. By leveraging Generative AI, educators can provide tailored feedback, pro-mote knowledge expansion, and facilitate hands-on learning, addressing challenges faced by bothlower-level and advanced engineering students. This study investigates the outcomes of imple-menting Generative AI in courses such as Circuit Analysis, Dynamics, Electrical Power, and In-dustrial Power. Results indicate that students

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

performance and material behaviorwhen exposed to the combustion product flow-field.Consistent with the typical operational characteristics of a hybrid rocket, the CHRD system utilizes asolid fuel grain and fluid type oxidizer. The solid fuel grain is composed of Acrylonitrile ButadieneStyrene (ABS) plastic produced using simple 3D printing approaches and the oxidizer is gaseous NitrousOxide (N2O) or Gaseous Oxygen (GOX / O2). As a result of the conversion into a high temperature testingsystem, the baseline CHRD system, as developed in the undergraduate senior project series, hasundergone modifications and upgrades to develop it into a testbed used to evaluate experimental hightemperature materials produced by MARS on behalf of academic, government

Conference Session

Program Criteria, Assessment, and Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mikhail Gershfeld, S.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Judith Ellen Sheine, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Gary LeMarr McGavin, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Department of Architecture

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Civil Engineering

has published a number of books on the architect R.M. Schindler; she co-edited, with Lionel March, R.M. Schindler: Composition and Construction (Academy Editions, 1993) and authored ”R.M. Schindler: Works and Projects” (Editorial Gustavo Gili, 1998) and R.M. Schindler (Phaidon Press, 2001).Gary LeMarr McGavin, AIA, California State Polytechnic University Pomona Department of Architecture B.Sc. Geology UC Riverside 1973 M.ARCH CSU Pomona 1978 CA Registered Architect 1981 Member CA Seismic Safety Commission Member AIA Member EERI Page 22.148.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Gorman; Edmund Russell III; Donald Brown; William Scherer; Kathryn Neeley

range of intended goals. The University of Virginia’s engineering school hasboth an undergraduate thesis that has been required of every student since the early 1900s and anestablished Systems Engineering capstone project that has been in place since 1988. Both projectstreat constraints in areas such as economics, the environment, ethics, politics, sustainability, andsocial considerations as integral parts of engineering problem solving and decision-making. In sodoing, they anticipated and reflect the integrated approach of EC 2000.Most students who major in Systems Engineering (SE) use their capstone project as the basis forthe undergraduate thesis, which is jointly advised and must be jointly approved by a facultymember from the humanities

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

allow for exploration of the concepts embodied in the materials tetrahedron while atthe same time exploring through project-based learning sustainability and engineering designthinking practices.Course Design: The course is designed to address major concepts important to sustainable designand development and incorporate more deeply the role of materials engineering in sustainabledesign with a focus on polymeric analysis techniques. There are student learning goals for content,professional skills, and technical skills. The course is organized into modules by topic includingSafety, Teamwork Practices, Engineering Entrepreneurship and Mindset, EngineeringDesign, Sustainability, Materials Screening and Selection and the Design Project

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Melissa McCabe, University of Dayton; Vincent Lewis, University of Dayton; Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; James Brothers, University of Dayton; Phil Doepker

multidisciplinarycollaboration between engineering and business majors through experiential learning.Consequently, the Stitt Scholars Program (SSP) was instituted to allow students to engage inmultidisciplinary collaborations. The focus was to acquire and enhance their entrepreneurial andinnovation skills. Through the Stitt Scholars Program, startup companies provide projects formultidisciplinary teams of students to execute. Each student puts in ten hours of work each week.The startup companies have no financial obligation as the students are paid from the Stitt ScholarsProgram fund. The students also take a 2-credit hour course which incorporates lecture series andother weekly academic engagements. This course's goal is to help the students understand theengineering

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Mathieu; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, Texas State University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

programs in the US include a capstonesenior design experience, the level of training that the students receive in the product design anddevelopment process can vary considerably between programs. In some cases, students learn theproduct design process in parallel with their capstone senior design project. In others, there areone or more previous courses that focus on teaching different phases of the product design anddevelopment process. Also, there are other factors that impact student learning such as variationsin the design process favored by each faculty member supervising a capstone senior designproject, the specific design process presented and the terminology used in different productdesign textbooks, and the product design textbook

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #32395Lessons Learned Developing and Running a Virtual, Faculty-Led,International Program on Sustainable Energy in BrazilDr. Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University Dr. Courtney Pfluger an Associate Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in the College of Engi- neering. In 2011, she joined Northeastern as a teaching professor in the First Year Engineering program. As part of the First Year Engineering faculty she focusing on curriculum innovations and implementing educational lessons and engineering design projects on sustainability. In 2017, she moved full time into the Chemical Engineering department

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tugba Karabiyik, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Ying Ying Seah, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Xudong Huang, Concord Consortium; Shannon Hsianghan-huang Sung, Institute for Future Intelligence; Charles Xie, Institute for Future Intelligence

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Design in Engineering Education

mathematical and statistical models in various domains, including educational settings.Ms. Ying Ying Seah, Purdue University at West Lafayette Ying Ying Seah is a Ph.D. candidate in Technology in the Department of Computer Information Tech- nology at Purdue University. Her research interest mainly focuses on developing and validating novel curricular approaches and technology-enhanced learning environments in STEM education, integrating scientific and engineering thinking in the relevant disciplines. Specifically, her current project focuses on designing, implementing, and validating a Learning by Design curricular approach in science class- rooms across education levels. Combined with a CAD design task, as well as

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Yadi Eslami, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christopher V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts Amherst; George Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education

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Graduate Studies

expanded their offerings to international graduate stu-dents beyond residential studies. Advances in teaching and learning technology have played a keyrole in enabling remote instruction to these students. In particular, synchronous instruction andengagement with peers within a cohort have been shown to improve the educational experienceand lead to high persistence rates.It has previously been reported that instructional technology can be used to teach a full master’sdegree program in electrical and computer engineering to international graduate students in a syn-chronous fashion. To increase engagement, students study in the program as cohorts and collab-orate in the classroom and in completing a significant engineering project. This technology

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Daniel Sherwin P.E., University of Pittsburgh

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Industrial Engineering

with solving a relevant industry problem identified by a sponsoringcompany. A member of the Industrial Engineering faculty is assigned to each team and serves asa mentor. Faculty mentors are matched to projects that align with their respective areas ofexpertise. Approximately 40-students are enrolled in the course each semester.The course instructor introduces students to their respective team assignments during the initialclass meeting and provides an overview of the course organization, expectations, and lessonslearned from previous semesters. After the initial class meeting, students are responsible for theproject's overall management, including coordinating with the sponsor's point of contact andtheir assigned mentor, determining roles and

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Yu Liu, Clarkson University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

ofenrollment and graduation, U.S. institutions will fall short of producing the needed HPCprofessionals [6]. Worse yet, groups largely untapped by this field, women and minorities,make up a significant portion of the nation’s growing talent pool [7], but are extremelyunderrepresented in HPC related disciplines.A Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site is an important mechanism to combatthe shortage of HPC professionals. The REU program by the U.S. National ScienceFoundation (NSF) supports active research participation by undergraduate students in any ofthe areas of research funded by the NSF. REU projects involve students in meaningful ways inongoing research programs or in research projects specifically designed for the REU program.As one

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Diversity, LGBTQ+

the course as a one-credit seminar two times during 2016 to ~40 students from diverse academicdisciplines, personal interests and backgrounds, including many with no prior background with computerprogramming or electronics. We used the Arduino computing platform [7] combined with programmablelight-emitting-diode (LED) lighting technology and encouraged students to design and build projects thatexpressed some aspect of identity. An example project, shown in Fig. 1, is a wearable light-up pin that showsthe colors of the pride flag (ROYGBV) or the pansexual flag (pink, yellow, blue); the process of creating this pin provided opportunities to focus discussion on identity and

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Howard, Illinois Institute of Technology; Daniel Ferguson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Margaret Huyck, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

brought in specifically to focus on IPRO courses, and has led over 50 IPRO project teams in the past four years. He has an undergraduate degree in liberal arts and mechnical engineering, and graduate degrees in Business and Industrial Engineering. For over 20 years he led consulting businesses specializing in financial and information process design and improvement, professional training/education for industry, market research and professional publications. He has been instrumental in implementing many of the assessment processes and interventions now used by the IPRO program. He also supervises the student employees providing operational and systems support for the IPRO program.Margaret

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Amy Thompson, University of New Haven; Carl Barratt, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

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First-Year Programs

Introduction to Engineering – Project-Based is taken by all incoming engineeringfreshmen first semester at the University of New Haven as part of the Multi-DisciplinaryEngineering Foundation Spiral curriculum. Throughout the course, students are introduced tobasic engineering concepts through a series of hands-on projects. Student understanding isenhanced as these topics are revisited in subsequent courses taken during the second semesterfreshman year and through the sophomore year. This approach requires significant collaborationbetween faculty involved in the spiral curriculum courses in order to achieve the program’sintended results, namely, academic consistency across sections, and the need to adequatelyprepare students for the next tier of

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

. Page 11.1361.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Undergraduate Research on Appropriate and Sustainable TechnologyAbstractThis paper describes the funding sources, educational outcomes, and diversity of students servedby conducting research on appropriate and sustainable technology. Since 2001, more thantwelve undergraduate students have conducted research on the water treatment effectiveness ofthe Filtrón, including eight students independently and four students as a class team project. TheFiltrón is a point-of-use drinking water filter that can be produced inexpensively in communitiesworld-wide. Some of the student researchers were participants in the EnvironmentalEngineering

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?,” and is a Co-PI on the NSF Revolutionizing Engineering Departments grant ”Additive Innovation: An Educational Ecosystem of Making and Risk Taking.” He was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle K. Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Environmental Engineering

. Serving as a model for waterquality and quantity management, students engaged in hands-on experiences using a small-scalewetlands setup in the Cook Laboratory for Bioscience Research at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. In independent research projects, undergraduate research students measured waterquality parameters including TSS, BOD and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and optimizedremoval of various contaminants. In the classroom in Environmental Engineering Laboratory,students measured water quality parameters of various water bodies within a watershed andresearched the impacts of excess nutrients on water quality and economies. Students toured theconstructed treatment wetlands and were able to learn directly from a peer who had