Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

using LEGO® NXT Robotics, Chemical Engineering Education, Spring 2011, 45:2, pp. 86-92 12. Johnson, S. H., Luyben, W. L. and Talhelm, D.L., “Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Controls Laboratory”, Journal of Engineering Education, 84, (2), pp.133-136, (April 1995). 13. Hmelo, C. E.; Problem-based Learning: Development of knowledge and reasoning strategies, in Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society; Pittsburgh, PA; 1995; pp. 404-408. Page 24.769.1014. Yu, Chung Y. and David T. Shaw; Fostering Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Students; 2006 International

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Jaime Rene Huerta

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

spent anentire weekend learning about STEM fields and participating in prepared exercises whilebonding in the experience of post-secondary life as they stayed in the university dormitories. This program was funded by the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for UndergraduatePrograms (GEAR UP), a federal discretionary grant awarded by the U. S. Department ofEducation. It was designed to increase the enrollment of low-income students — simultaneouslypreparing them for success in post-secondary education — through a partnership grant betweenTexas A&M International University (TAMIU) and 19 school districts throughout the southernpart of Texas, covering approximately 14,972 square miles. To enhance skills, motivation, and preparation, the

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

-world client into the course. A computer-basedsimulator has been used to provide a learning environment for critical competencies aimed ataccelerating the student‟s learning in systems engineering concepts.5 The introduction of systemsengineering into pre-college education6 was shown to give students a broad perspective withwhich to interact with the world. Systems engineering was used with students as young as fiveyears old to emphasize the kind of interactive and interdependent group learning that fostersgrowth in social skills, giving children the opportunity to think and act critically in society.A systems engineering approach applied in a laboratory setting using an active learning strategycalled Activities, Project, and Problem-Based

Conference Session

The Designer of 2020: Innovations in Teaching Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

thedepartment’s course lesson plans in the late 1980’s. Assessment of student learning aboutapplication of sustainable design principles became a specific criterion of the engineering impactstudent outcome in the department’s assessment plan in 2008.Results of student work assessment presented in the paper demonstrate that, although studentscould reflect thoughtfully on sustainability principles, they struggled to demonstrate rational,comprehensive application of these principles to the design process. The evidence suggested adifferent approach to learning sustainable design was needed. Dialogue with practitioners andindustry experts reminded the department that sustainable design is just “good engineering” thathas been present in the curriculum for

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Bailey; Andrew Ricke; David Spurlock; Susan Murray

A Matter of Priorities: Effects of Increased Opportunities for Extracurricular and Non-traditional Learning Experiences on Student Time Management and Attitudes David G. Spurlock, Ph.D., Daniel J. Bailey, Susan Murray, Ph.D., and Andrew S. Ricke Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Department University of Missouri-Rolla AbstractMany schools are emphasizing non-traditional and extracurricular learning experiences forundergraduate engineering students. These include activities such as incorporating service-learning projects into the classroom

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

Undergraduate Research Collaboration Between Penn State Main Campus and One of Its Remote Campuses Aiman S. Kuzmar, Ph. D., P. E. Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus One University Drive, Uniontown, PA 15401AbstractUndergraduate research has been heavily promoted recently by universities and through local,state and federal agencies. The importance and benefits of this type of research have been welldocumented in the literature. The general focus of universities without graduate programs is onteaching, and less emphasis is given to research. Consequently, such universities face variouschallenges to carry out undergraduate research. Some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Garcia Julio; Patricia Backer

• Build, test, troubleshoot, and verify a circuit that will implement systems a closed-loop system using op-amps. • Verify the behavior of a closed-loop system under the presence of disturbancesBibliography1. Fisher, S. & Nygren, T. I. (2000). Experiments in the Cost-Effective Uses of Technology in Teaching: Lessonsfrom the Mellon Program So Far. New York: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Cost-Effective Uses ofTechnology in Teaching (CEUTT) Initiative. Available: http://www.ceutt.org/ICLT%20CEUTT.pdf2. Shiratuddin, N., Hassan, S., & Landoni, M. (2003). A Usability Study for Promoting eContent in HigherEducation. Educational Technology &

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lennard Lema; Peter Baumann

,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1998, pp. 23-27.7. Hoit, M. and M. Ohland, “The Impact of a Discipline-based Introduction to Engineering Course on Improving Retention,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 1998, pp. 79-85.8. Lau, A. S. and R. N. Pangborn, “Engaging Engineering Students in Learning – A College-wide First Year Seminar Program,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).9. Lau, A. S., et al., “Student Assessments of Engineering First-year Seminars,” Proceedings, 2001 ASEE Annual Conference (Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education, 2001).10. Litzinger, T., M. Trethewey and J. Gardner, “Integrated

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mikaya Lumori; Ernest Kim

‚ [s ? / l ] from Figure 4. Hence, the change [sin s ] = [cos l ] from (1) to (2) 2 kl rl rl 2 ‚ u ? cos s ? cos s ? sin l ; and | ? z (a dummy variable) 2 n n l l l 1 jk| sin l ‚ In equation (1) U(s) is replaced by U (l ) ? Ð I (| )e 2 d| 2 /1 jkje / jkr l 1 ‚ Substituting, we attain: E ? [cos l ] Ð I (| )e ju| d| where

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

free stream turbulence. o Hot air Ta( C)= 22.5 T ra n s ie n t te s t, S te e l S p h e re o o t(sec) Tcenter( C) Tsurface( C) 33 0 0 22.5 22.5 32 5 10 24.3 24.7 20 26.6 27.1 32 0 30 28.7 29.0 40 30.1 30.2 31 5 60 33.4 33.5 T e s t d ata T(K) 31 0

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nadezda Berezkina; Ilya Leipunsky; Guido Lopez

of the first stage of desorption (s)h = Depth of defect (m) Page 9.633.6D = Diffusion coefficient of gas penetrant in air (m2/s). Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationThe mathematical model of the diffusion flux density (I) during this stage is complex and of littlepractical use.During the second stage of desorption, on the other hand, the diffussion flux density (I) can bedescribed more explicitly in terms of parameters that are known to be inherent to the phenomenaof absorption and

Conference Session

Molecular and Multiscale Phenomena

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith

mass transfer fundamentalswithin specific fuel cell components to improve their performance. These projects willinvolve both graduate students and the AFE enterprise. In addition, assessment of theAFE enterprise is currently underway and will be reported at a future ASEE conference.AcknowledgmentsThe author would like to thank the United States Army Tank Automotive and ArmamentsCommand (TACOM) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation for projectfunding.Bibliography 1. J. M. Keith, C. Dugar, J. Meyer, and N. Norman, “A Hands-On Multidisciplinary Design Course for Chemical Engineering Students,” ASEE Conference Proceedings (2001). 2. J. M. Keith, “Learning Outside the Toybox,” ASEE Conference Proceedings (2002). 3. S

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Walsh; Sean Pearson; Jeffrey Cotton; Jane Hall; Robert Caverly

. These circuit components are introduced early in thestudent s academic career, but usually only as ideal circuit elements. Concepts such as resistive1 Now with Lockheed Martin Corp., King of Prussia, PA. Page 9.811.12 Now with Raytheon Corp., Chelmsford, MA

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roli Varma

of Gains for Female Faculty?" Teachers College Record, 93, 697-709.5. P. Bronstein, E. Rothblum & S. Solomon. (1993). "Ivy Halls and Glass Walls: Barriers to Academic Careers for Women and Ethnic Minorities" in J. Gainen and R. Boice (eds.) New Directions for Teaching and Research. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.6. J. Buck. (2001). “The President’s Report” Academe, September-October, 18-20.7. D.E. Chubin & E. Hackett. (1990). Peerless Science: Peer Review and US Science Policy. Albany: State University of New York at Albany Press.8. R.T.D. De George. (1997). Academic Freedom and Tenure: Ethical Issues. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.9. J. Dewey. (1902). “Academic Freedom

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Chenoweth; Donald Bagert

in the area of undergraduate softwareengineering education over the past five years. In the late 1990’s, the ABET, the accreditationbody for applied science, engineering, computing and technology degree programs in the UnitedStates, approved criteria for accrediting software engineering under the EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC). Four programs were accredited in 2003, and another two in20048. Page 10.653.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Category

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pete Jankovsky; Matt Valerio; Jack Skinner; Khalid Al-Olimat

Calculation of Electrical Quantities in Three Phase Circuits using MATLAB Khalid S. Al-Olimat, Pete Jankovsky, Matt Valerio and Jack Skinner Ohio Northern UniversityAbstractThis paper presents a MATLAB program that utilizes a Graphical User Interface (GUI) tocalculate the electrical quantities of three phase circuits. The GUI is designed in a way to allowthe user to enter the resistances and reactances of the source, the transmission line and that of theload respectively. It also requires a voltage value of one of the phases at the generator end. Thisprogram performs the calculations with respect to the specified connection type. There are fourtypes: wye-wye, wye-delta, delta-wye and delta

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor Giurgiutiu; David Rocheleau; Jed Lyons

Big Picture Guy – Interview with Broadcom, Inc., Co-founder Henry Samueli”, Prism, American Society for Engineering Education, April 2001, pp. 16-21Carryer, J. E. (2000) “March Madness: a Mechatronics Project Theme”, Mechatronics 2000 – 7th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, September 6-8, 2000, Atlanta, GA, CD-ROMCraig, K. (2000) “Inverted Pendulum Systems: Rotary and Arm-Driven – a Mechatronics System Design Case Study”, Mechatronics 2000 – 7th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, September 6-8, 2000, Atlanta, GA, CD-ROMField, S.; Meek, S.; Devasia, S. (2000) “Mechatronics Education in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah”, Mechatronics 2000 – 7th Mechatronics Forum

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

made and parameters are established. In our situation, this happened at thedepartment level with department chairs establishing boundaries, and at the college level wherethe steering committee and associate dean made decisions and sorted through requests. Further,connecting the faculty developing the metrics with the college technical support with regularmeetings, allowed ideas to be floated, technical possibilities explored, and realities of cost,availability, institute data supply issues, and technical capability to be addressed.All this is easier ‘said than done.’ There is an inherent, traditional culture at work in academia.The 1990’s saw many attempts to implement Total Quality Management (TQM) in highereducation with many failures. TQM

Conference Session

Teaching Experiences in OME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

? - È y% Ù È sin cos ÙÚ ÈÉ v ÙÚ ÈÉ Vc sin c ÙÚ (1) É Ú É %?rwhere x, y, and s""are the planar position and rotation variables in the world or inertialframe of reference and u, v, and r are the surge velocity, sway velocity and yaw rate withrespect to a reference frame attached to the USAV.In Equation (1) Vc and sc represent the ocean current magnitude and direction. The oceancurrent directly modifies the velocities in the inertial frame as evidenced from Equation(1).Exact dynamics of marine vessels becomes extremely complicated if all the added inertiaand first and higher order

Conference Session

Improving Statics and Dynamics Classes

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Per G. Reinhall; Paula R.L. Heron; Lesley Low; Brian C. Fabien

during an interval of time is a = -2v m/s2. When t = 0,its position is s = 0 and its velocity is v = 2 m/s. Determine the router’s velocity as afunction of time.2. Engineers analyzing the motion of a linkage determine that the velocity of anattachment point is given by v = A + 4s2 ft/s, where A is constant. When s = 2 ft, itsacceleration is measured and determined to be a = 320 ft/s2. What is its velocity whens = 2 ft?Because of the nature of the class, the post-test was a typical end-of-chapter textbookproblem. Unlike the pretest, students were required not only to use relevant equations,but also to apply them correctly in solving the problem. Thus success on the post-testindicates a higher degree of skill and understanding than did success on

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Tester; Jerry Hatfield

] Courter, S. S.; Millar, S. B.; Syons, L.; From the students’ point of view: Experiences in a freshman engineering design course, Journal of Engineering Education, v87, n 3, p 283 – 287, Jul 1998.[2] Parcover, J. A., McCuen, R. H., Discovery Approach to Teaching Engineering Design, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, p 236-241, Oct 1995.[3] Richardson, Jim; Dantzler, John, Effect of a freshman engineering program on retention and academic performance, 32nd Annual Frontiers in Education, v 3, p S2C/16-S2C/22, Nov 6-9 2002, Boston, MA, United States.[4] Piket-May, M.; Avery, J.; Service learning first year design retention results, 31st Annual Frontiers in Education, v 2, p F3C/19-F3C/22, 2001, Reno

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Society for Engineering Educationand T(0) = To and T(L s ı) = Tı , (2)where hP m? . (3) kAcIn this relation, Ac is the cross sectional area of the fin rod, h is the total heat transfer coefficient(due to both convection and radiation), k is the thermal conductivity of fin, and P is the perimeterof the fin rod. See Figure 2 for a schematic of the fin.The resulting temperature distribution is given by T ( x) / T¢ ? (To / T¢ ) exp(/mx) or s ( x ) ? s o exp( /mx ) , (4)where s = T(x) - T¢ and so = To - T¢. The

Conference Session

Integrating Math into Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Arlie Donaldson

o s É Eq. 4where ̇¦ is the wire resistivity and the prime temperature represents values at future time andunprimed temperatures represent present time values. For the first air node, the equation can bewritten: dT1 Ç Ã T / T1 Ô Ã T / T2 Ôm1 c p ? k È As Ä o Õ / A1 Ä 1 ÕÙ dt É Å Fr / 2 Ö Å Fr ÖÚ ] m1 ? tV1 ? t r *R - Fr + L / rR 2 L 2 _ As ? 2rRL A1

Conference Session

Innovations in Learning by Doing

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Wood; David Hansen; Brian Self

, experimental determination of center of mass and other assignments areused to prepare the students for a detailed analysis of their race car. Students used theseproblems to analytically determine the maximum acceleration of their cars during a 50-foot raceand the time required to complete a hill climbing contest. The stall torque of the car’s motor(s)is calculated using an incline test, then compared to the published motor torque of 0.276 in-lbs.If the students choose to use gearing or pulleys for their cars, they are required to calculate theeffective output torque using appropriate gear ratios and estimated power losses. Using thedetermined values for the vehicle center of mass, the mass moment of inertia, and the motortorque, the students

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

internal to the chip SIGNAL s : INTEGER RANGE 0 to 3; BEGIN PROCESS (carrier_clk, data_clk) -- if either clock changes, then execute this loop VARIABLE count : INTEGER RANGE 0 to 3; -- this is local variable for PROCESS only BEGIN -- Define a 4-bit D flip-flop for shift register IF (carrier_clk 'EVENT and carrier_clk = '1') THEN q <= d; ELSE q <= q; END IF; -- two bit counter for mux select IF (data_clk 'EVENT and data_clk = '1') THEN count := count +1; END IF; s <= count; END PROCESS; -- D flip flop section to create 50% duty cycle

Conference Session

Assessment Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Reuben Fan; Sean Brophy

it becomes apparent new fields are needed,DateTime Allowd that the information from previous versionsNumber of students contains the material.testedNumber of test itemsTest items thatmatch exactlyItem formats forthose that matchexactlyNature of thedifferences betweenassessments. Pre1vs. Pre2; Post1 vs.Post 2; Pre vs. Post;Pre1 vs. Post1ScoringType (rubric,summed score, %correct, rating…)Min/Max PossibleScoreScorer(s)ReliabilityDate of reliabilityassessmentWho conductedreliabilityassessmentReliability Estimate Page 8.248.5

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Traig Born; Joel Glidden; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

picture of the stacker mounted on the entire robot is shown in Figure 2.ConclusionFIRST provides an unparalleled opportunity to advance mechanical design education. Themain barriers include the inconvenient starting time, the short design time-line, the lack ofprepared educational materials, and the difficulty of reconciling the university’seducational goals with the service to the high school. This paper presents some ideas onhow to overcome these barriers.Dr. Andrew Wright, during his stay in industry and during his time teaching in thegraduate program at UALR has interacted with dozens of engineering graduates at alllevels (B.S., M. S., and Ph.D.). These graduates uniformly lack even the most basic designskills. The students who have passed

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: A Potpourri

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariesa Crow; Karen Butler-Purry; Noel Schulz

Science departments), seventeen (53%) of thewomen have left the university. While faculty members of all academic ranks have left UM-Rolla, there is a far greater percentage of women faculty members who leave early in theircareers than men.A preliminary study of the poor retention of women faculty has yielded several trends. On thepositive side, the Engineering and Science (E/S) women faculty are successful comparable totheir men colleagues. This conclusion is based on qualitative and quantitative metrics such asleadership positions, national awards and recognition, external funding levels, and scholarlypublications. Of the fourteen E/S women faculty, four hold significant leadership positions: oneis a department chair, one is the Director of an

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Leland

II. Polar Plots III. Drawing the Nyquist Diagram Class 3. Phase and Gain Margins. Goal: At the end of this class, each student should be able to determine the phase and gain margins of a feedback system from the Bode diagram of the loop transfer function. I. Nyquist Stability Test II. Example of a Third Order System III. Stability Margins a. Gain Margin b. Phase Margin c. Design ConsiderationsEach of the three classes included four cooperative learning exercises of about 5 minuteseach. Most exercises require students to make choices among two or more options andarticulate explanations of those choices.Examples:Exercise: Which GH(s) yield stable closed loop systems? Give

Conference Session

Industry Initiatives for Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Trioloa; Charles Garnett; Barry Mohle; Alfred Wicks; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

revitalization effort.BackgroundThe Department of the Navy is one of a growing number of Federal agencies which is expressingconcern about its ability to meet its future Science and Technology (S&T) workforce needs. Therecent trends in the number of Ph.D.s awarded in engineering which are given in Fig. 1 illustratethe nature of the problem. 8000 7000 6000 Number Awarded Engineering, total 5000 U.S. Citizens International