Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University - Erie; David R. Loker, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

as well as computercircuits. Typical courses over multiple semesters include analog electronics, digital electronics,C/C++ programming, instrumentation and measurement systems, communications systems, andmicrocontrollers. Each of these courses also includes a lab component that provides studentswith hands-on projects which are intended to reinforce the lecture material.The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that a Programmable System-On-Chip embedded board(PSoC 5LP) can be used as a basis for multiple lab projects in these courses. The intent is to alsoinclude examples of the types of lab projects that can be used within these courses. Possible labprojects include: function generator, audio collection, digital processing, serial

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Wright, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #14207An Assessment of the Graphic Communications Skills Needed by Construc-tion Management GraduatesDr. Joseph A Wright P.E., University of Wisconsin Stout Joseph A. Wright has 21 years as a university lecturer/professor in construction management with an em- phasis on contract administration. He has 15 years experience in industry as a Project Engineer/Manager on oil and gas and infrastructure projects. Current research interests include pathways for integrated project delivery and the use of software to enhance communication through the project process

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Conference and has served as symposium and session chairs for many ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He is the general Conference Co-Chair for the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC/CIE). Dr. Purwar is also the department’s representative to the NY state-funded Strategic Partnership for In- dustrial Resurgence (SPIR) program. As the SPIR representative, he identifies and coordinates projects between the department and Long Island based industries. SPIR projects include joint proposals for fed- eral funding, manufacturing and quality assurance improvements, research and development, and testing and evaluation. He won a SUNY Research Foundation Technology

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Leslie Seawright, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Ibrahim Hassan P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Ali Darwish Alashar, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The STEM Loop: Undergraduate Engineering Students Create a STEM Children’s BookAbstractThis paper documents an innovative project in which undergraduate mechanical engineeringstudents created and produced a children's book about combustion engines. Funded through agrant provided by Texas A&M University at Qatar, students researched, designed, and wrote achildren's book intended to promote interest in STEM fields. The book, written in both Englishand Arabic, will be used in Qatari public schools and in the Texas A&M University at Qatar’sSTEM Outreach Program. The interdisciplinary project was co-led by a mechanical engineeringprofessor and an

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

sustainability b. Evaluate a product/ engineering system’s environmental impacts using Life Cycle Assessment c. Design/ redesign a product/ engineering system to using the engineering principles to improve environmental impactsThe achievement of these goals was assessed through students’ self-evaluations and analysis ofstudents’ coursework. In addition, the objectives are also planned to be assessed throughstudents’ capstone senior projects. But at the time of creation of this work-in-progress paper, thestudents who took this course have not worked on their senior project yet, as a result, this part ofthe assessment is planned to be conducted once the students worked on their senior projects. Toextend and complete this work-in-progress, it

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jikai Du

harvesting research on the project “Scattered Electric PowerConversion–Door Generator” during summer 2017. The project involves both mechanicalengineering and electrical engineering research. During the research procedure, a faculty mentorestablished clear expectations with the student about work schedules and responsibilities. Thefaculty mentor also provided timely feedback to the student. In the project, the student learned toformulate and test a theoretical model, develop an experiment plan, collect and analyzeexperimental data, develop prototypes, acquire knowledge of the scientific literature in therelated research area, and finish a final project report. In this paper, challenges and problemsfacing to both faculty and student are also

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

through the virtual assembly of LEGO blocks. Thesecond laboratory experiment uses LEGO Mindstorms NXT systems to provide students withhands-on team projects to design and build an automated system while applying concepts learnedin the classroom. Data from students’ projects and surveys is presented to evaluate the efficacyof the designed laboratory experiments on student engagement and conceptual understanding.1. IntroductionConcepts in manufacturing can be very challenging for engineering students to understand inclassroom lectures alone. This paper focuses on two particular areas of manufacturing:micromanufacturing and industrial automation. In micromanufacturing, the layer-by-layermanufacturing process for microdevices becomes a challenge for

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Education, 2014 Interactive Probabilistic Risk Analysis for Construction Engineering and Management Jing Du, Ph.D.1, Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, Ph.D.2 and Rui Liu, Ph.D.31 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3053; email: jing.du@utsa.edu2 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX;PH (210) 458-3099; email: yilmaz.karasulu@utsa.edu3 Department of Construction Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,TX; PH (210) 458-3054; email: rui.liu@utsa.eduAbstractRisk analysis is critical to the success of construction projects. Traditionally, probabilistic riskanalysis is based

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yuko Hoshino; Wayne Sanders

Session 3661 Harmonious Combination of Tradition and Innovation – Making a Connection between Liberal Arts and Technical Courses, and East and West– Yuko Hoshino, L. Wayne Sanders Kanazawa Institute of Technology/Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractThis paper is the result of collaboration between a foreign language and cultural studiesprofessor in Japan and an engineering professor in the United States. It discusses a casestudy of the similarities between foreign language study and engineering courses at a privateengineering college in Japan. Project study in a Chinese language

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

be done during school breaks andsummer time. This paper outlines the background behind this new collaborative undergraduateresearch program. It gives details on the pilot project, which started this program.IntroductionUntil recently, undergraduate students were excluded from the business of research. Onlyfaculty and graduate students in the academic circle and research organizations outside academiaused to conduct and benefit from research. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aleading research institute ended this practice by establishing the Undergraduate ResearchOpportunities Program in 1969.1 The academic community recognized the importance ofundergraduate research to the students themselves in particular, and to the society

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Billy Koen

studentsresearch and analyze the heuristics or sota that professional engineers use to make decisions, wepiloted a new research assignment in our Engineering Communication course in the summer of2005. The assignment challenges students to research and write about how professionalengineers and corporate leaders face challenges. Simply put, students are required to pursue asemester-long research project focusing on a corporation that employs engineers and that hasfaced a crisis. Because the assignment requires students to investigate the practices and policiesthat companies use to address the challenges they face, it obliges students to examine the state ofthe art in corporate practice and evaluate the ways professionals respond to problems. Thisarticle

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

the SUCCEED“best practices and lessons learned”, and involved local faculty in role playing exercisesin order to create new versions suitable for local piloting and installation. The positivereceipt of such workshops encourages the present summative article on this approach tocreation and piloting of multidisciplinary design courses and projects. A second dimension of course creation is also considered, namely, creationconsistent with the existing or modified administrative requirements of institution andengineering school. In particular, it was found desirable that each college provide anatmosphere conducive to supporting such design experiences via arranging for thefollowing circumstances: (1) The scheduling of courses must

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula and Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Taylor; Jacqueline Mozrall

, manufacturing processes, layout, and ergonomics to name a few. The students are alsoprovided with a set of tools/software to learn and use throughout the integrated sequence thathave been identified by faculty, students, and co-op employers as key tools for IndustrialEngineers, namely AutoCAD, Access, MS Office, and MS Project. The classroom andlaboratory experiences are supplemented with plant tours, common case studies, and a variety ofdemonstrations. Analysis techniques are typically taught in team-based, application formats thatprovide the student with exposure to the methods, which has been shown to increase theenthusiasm of students. The main thrusts of the new curriculum are active learning and exposure,with details and theory to follow in more

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Wong; Stephanie Blaisdell; Paula Leventman; Anna Swan; Katherine Ziemer; Rachelle Reisberg

tomiddle schools. Models are being developed to demonstrate concepts that encourage girls andboys to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Each primarily female teamincludes engineering faculty, middle school teachers, industry volunteers, and undergraduatestudents. Teams are creating flexible curriculum activities that are classroom tested anddocumented for national dissemination.Funded by a three-year NSF grant (HRD GSE 0217110), the collaboration is in its second year.Pilots are underway with assessment points to incorporate lessons learned from classroomtesting. Each team selected different concepts to develop: - NU’s project has students using basic science concepts and the 8 steps of the engineering design

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

Session 3642 Engineering Management Technology Transfer in Naval Engineering Curricula Robert H. Mayer United States Naval AcademyAbstractThis paper will describe new project management opportunities within the ocean engineering andnaval architecture programs at the U.S. Naval Academy. Specifically, engineering managementskills and techniques have been adapted to naval engineering settings and included in a newproject management area of concentration.One elective course, in particular, introduces students to various inventory

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ray Diez; Luke Huang; David Yearwood

Session Number 3250 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CAPSTONE COURSE CLAYTON RAY DIEZ, DAVID N. YEARWOOD, LUKE H. HUANG University of North DakotaIntroduction An undergraduate program may normally provide students with about 40 coursesin the process of preparing them for training towards a profession. While these coursesare spread out in different fields, it is often a challenge for students to effectivelymaximize the application of knowledge learned from theses course to carry out aprofessional project. Yet, it is precisely what is expected of graduates. On the other hand,after several years of

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hunt; Eduardo Ortega; David Miller; Alfred Striz

. It is propelled by a N-size solidrocket engine and is expected to climb to about 22,000 ft with a maximum speed of Mach 1.5.The instrumentation includes an accelerometer, temperature and pressure sensors to measure thelocation and behavior of the shock wave during the supersonic flight phase, and strain gauges forthe determination of the structural behavior of the rocket. This rocket was finally launched inNovember of 2003.At various times during the planning, assembly, and instrumentation phases of the project,participants included local high school students, college students from sophomores to graduates,and an OU alumnus with high-power rocketry experience. Students participated in various ways:on a voluntary basis, by signing up for a

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Baker; David Silverstein

actually needed to know how to apply seemingly abstract techniques toreal science and engineering problems. This shortfall in retention leads to additionalwork on the student's behalf and often a slowdown in the progress of a class to ensureadequate time is spent on a topic. While the responsibility to learn this material lies withthe student, it nonetheless impacts the quality of the student's education.This project is designed to address the problem by modifying student attitudes towardslearning calculus by presenting examples in the context of engineering and scienceproblems. The examples would be adapted from the actual sorts of problems engineersand scientists will encounter later in their course of study, but presented with all theemphasis

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

Page 6.999.1 Copyright @2001, American Society for Engineering EducationThe Enterprise Program includes an extensive multi-year, multi-disciplinary design experience.Within this option the college/university establishes a number of engineering/business entities,called enterprises, and students choose to join the company and work with other students and fac-ulty to make the enterprise a successful venture. Each Enterprise, for the most part, operates muchlike a real company in the private sector. The employees (students) solve real-world problems,perform testing and analyses, make recommendations, build prototypes, manufacture parts, staywithin budgets (real and imaginary), and manage multiple projects. The objectives of

Conference Session

CAD Applications in MET Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula

for selecting particular processes. Thelaboratory portion involves team projects that help students gain hands-on experience withselected manufacturing processes. The projects start with simple components that can be madeon a single machine such as a lathe or a mill, and progress to the manufacture and assembly of afully operational model engine. This approach introduces students to the issues involved inputting together a non-trivial assembly. The projects also expose students to the idea of workingin teams, a skill that is highly sought by industry.IntroductionThe high cost of setting up a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility means that universitiesusually have to make difficult choices about the resources they dedicate to courses

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Wells; Jeffrey Mountain; Donald Goddard

hands-on engineering experience.Since full-sized production equipment can be prohibitively expensive, we have used portabledesktop equipment in this project. Initial costs for individual apparatus have ranged from $4,000 Page 6.620.1 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Educationto $20,000, depending on the sophistication of the machine and optional features. Ongoing costshave been limited thus far to consumables such as machining stock and plastics. The machineshave been mounted on mobile

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Ahlgren; Igor Verner

contest-oriented curricula they have generated. Because robot design is an interdisciplinary process,contest-oriented curricula share a "threaded" approach in which the primary assignment--todevelop an optimal robot for the competition -- is declared as the general goal of the curriculum.This goal threads knowledge and skills through the various disciplines taught in the course,creating a purposeful, project based learning process.The paper presents experiences of the authors in developing robotics curricula at undergraduatecollege and high-school levels. We compare contest-related curricula, learning subjects, robotdesigns, and learning outcomes. Our assessment is based on educational surveys developed bythe authors and administered at the 1999

Conference Session

Structural Education Applications in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Orla Smyth LoPiccolo, State University of New York, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Management StudentsAbstract:To design projects most efficiently, architecture and engineering students need to develop theirspatial reasoning in order to augment their ability to visualize and manipulate two-dimensionaland three-dimensional objects. At our institution, architectural engineering and constructionmanagement students collectively attend 2 non-design courses (Graphics I (manual drafting) andMaterials and Methods of Construction I courses) in their freshmen year. Other than briefexercises, such as the incorporation of a field trip to a construction site, a soil sieve test lab, andprovision of material samples and construction videos in the classroom, both of these courses areheavily dependent on two and three-dimensional graphics to

Conference Session

Hands-on Laboratory and Design Experiences in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, Tarleton State University; Daniel K. Marble, Tarleton State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) including theability to conduct laboratory experiments and the ability to critically analyze and interpret data inmore than one major environmental engineering focus area. This paper discusses threeenvironmental engineering undergraduate research projects that were funded through internalgrants and completed between 2009 and 2011 by individual students under the mentorship ofenvironmental engineering faculty. At the completion of their research projects, studentspresented their research work through a variety of poster presentations at symposiums andconferences and through publication in peer reviewed technical journals. The researchexperience, research methodology, problem formulation

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Dorworth; Barbara Mania-Farnell; Susan Scachitti

overcoming gender-related issues common in business environments. The instituteaims to do this by providing pertinent education and information, appropriate networkingopportunities and experiences, and general support in aiding leaders as they develop essentialskills that will support lifelong success.The institute resulted from the efforts of various faculty members and administrative staff atPUC who hold a stake in the TEAMS fields. Their interest in gender equity prompted an officialcommittee to be formed under the PUC Women’s Studies program in 1996. The committee hasevolved over several years conducting focus groups and coordinating various projects within thecommunity. Eventually, their focus turned to the important subject of leadership

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Les Kinsler; David Delker

microprocessor-based controlapplication. The industry partner agreed to allow the C programming class to write theapplication as a class project. This project required the students to incorporate interrupts, timing,signal monitoring, real-time calculations, and extensive interfacing to input and output devices.This paper focuses on the unique interaction between students and industry and the benefits thatthis real-world process brought into the course and into the academic program.IntroductionApplications in C Programming for Engineering Technology, CMST 222, is a course designed tointroduce non-Computer Science Technology majors to the C language. Most of the students inthis class have limited exposure to third-generation programming languages. Applied

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Xudong Yu; William White; Scott Smith; Keqin Gu; Jerry Weinberg; Cem Karacal; George L. Engel

LEGO RCX platform isparticularly interesting in this respect. From the electrical engineering perspective, it provides avariety of pre-constructed sensors as well as motors. From the mechanical engineeringperspective, robot bodies can be constructed from the simple building blocks of standard andspecialized LEGO parts, which include gears, axles, and hinges. Finally, from the computerscience perspective, there are a variety of programming languages available that support inputfrom sensors and output to motors, including numerous languages that require no previousprogramming background.4With the development of these inexpensive and accessible platforms, robotics projects providean opportunity to directly interact with technology, as well as an

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald R. Hosey; R. Gregg Bruce; Lester K. Eigenbrod; Hansjoerg Stern

approach to capstone application of the principles taught in thedesign, materials, mechanics, fluid power, and manufacturing undergraduate course sequences.The course utilized a student teamwork-oriented approach to accomplish three design projects andemployed additional faculty to discuss such topics as inventiveness, concurrent engineering,teamwork & supervision, life cycle design, manufacturing cost, product safety, and professionalethics.2 Course Objectives Several primary objectives were established, following faculty recommendations from curriculumand mechanics subcommittees and from members of the Industrial Advisory Committee. The firstwas to emphasize the fundamental elements of the design process. Faculty members withexpertise in

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Prawit Rotsawatsuk; Anil Sawhney; Andre Mund

Session 1315 Enhancing Construction Engineering Education Using Internet based Tools Anil Sawhney, Prawit Rotsawatsuk, and André Mund Western Michigan UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the work being performed as part of a three-year project that has beenfunded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Western Michigan University (WMU).The goal of the project is to enhance the undergraduate construction engineering education.Enhancements will be accomplished by developing: 1) an Internet-based Interactive ConstructionManagement Learning System (ICMLS) and 2

Conference Session

Inclusive Horizons: Shaping Diverse Pathways in Engineering and Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Murray, Marquette University; Lisa Chase, Marquette University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

human-centered design approach, (2) the intersection of socialjustice and design thinking, and (3) the implications of design choices on historicallymarginalized groups. Course artifacts, student reflections, and instructional team reflections areused to understand the growth in mindset of the students and instructor through this course.Additionally, these resources are used to present key learnings for future implementation.This project focused on examining systems. Groups historically excluded from engineering,including people of color, disabled, LGBTQ+, and women, were recentered through the humancentered design process. Students evaluated engineering systems for exclusion and ideated on thesource of these design flaws. In doing so, they