Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zhanping You; Sanjeev Adhikari

paper are to present the experiences of teaching the Civil EngineeringMaterials class to undergraduate students. This class covers different materials such as steel,aluminum, various alloys, aggregate, portland cement, portland cement concrete, asphalt, asphaltmixtures, and wood. In the lectures, the basic concept of the mechanical properties, test methods,and engineering applications are discussed. Homework and exams were assigned to students. Themost important parts of the class are the hands-on experiments in laboratory and the sustainablematerial concept in lectures. The relationship between students’ homework, exams, labs, and totalgrade are compared as the second objective.ReferencesAsphalt Institute (2003), Performance Graded Asphalt

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2005 GSW

Authors

Tim Coppinger; Hesham Shaalan

. The teach pendant is a hand-heldterminal used for controlling the robot and peripheral equipment connected to the same robotcontroller. The teach pendant is most practical for moving the axes, recording positions, andsending the axes to recorded positions. Laboratory ExercisesThe goal of the laboratory sessions is to analyze and verify the theoretical ideas learned in theclassroom. Some experiments require written reports. In such cases, the report is always dueone week after the experiment is performed. Late reports are not normally accepted.The robot was mounted to a 30 inch square plywood base to perform the laboratory assignments.A gravity feeder and two wooden fixtures that contain holes placed in

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tadeusz Majewski; Hector Cervantes; K. V. Sudhakar

analysis are introduced. The directbenefits of experimental exercises in fracture mechanics to materials science/mechanicalengineering education have been discussed. The basic/primary objective of these experiments isto give students the hands-on experience. Furthermore, more emphasis is given for improvingstudents’ learning skills and creative thinking by having small group discussions and frequentquizzes on laboratory exercises.Keywords: Fracture mechanics course; Teaching methods; Laboratory methods; Fracturetoughness testing and microstructure analysis.1. IntroductionA new elective course on fracture mechanics is proposed to be introduced for the undergraduatestudents in mechanical engineering. Mechanical engineering undergraduates typically

Conference Session

Applications of Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

overcome issues of student conceptual understanding. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Teaching Modal Analysis with Mobile DevicesAbstractAn inexpensive system capable of performing modal analysis of laboratory models and full-scalestructures was employed in both a laboratory and field experience in a 400/500-level bridgerating elective course. The system, comprised of an electromechanical shaker and an array of 12iPods, allows for an introduction to modal testing of bridges and other structures in an active andhighly physical way. A laboratory module employing the system is described. Indirect and directassessment of student learning is reported along with student evaluation of the

Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Don L. Stuehm

not having a general understanding of power systemapparatus. Students will be involved in the program initially to assistthe instructor in screening and evaluating the visual aids. The longterm objective is to minimally use the visual aids in lectures to illus-trate compatibility between theory and practice. Most of the visual aidswill be used as homework or laboratory assignments to illustrate powersystem technology. Power apparatus is, in general, too large and too expensive to becompatible with a university laboratory. An alternative is to allowstudents to study visual aids of the apparatus. The benefits of usingwell designed visual aids in teaching and for learning is well estab-lished. The visual aids are to be used by the

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Reissman, University of Dayton; Timothy Reissman, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

important to observe that the dispersion, orstandard deviation, does not increase but instead decreases from approximately from 6.5% to 4.3%. Figure 1. Longitudinal Assessment of Laboratory ReportsWhile summative assessments can provide much information as to what level the students arelearning, formative assessments often provide additional insights into areas such as perceivedstrengths or weaknesses. Using our University’s standard evaluation of teaching questionnaires,all 31 students completed an anonymous survey. The quantitative results based on Likert typequestions are shown in Figure 2. Questions 1-6 are considered to gauge the students’ perceptionabout the scaffold teaching method since both instructors used this method

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Lehman; Chung-Ling Huang; Muniyappa Venkatesha; Asad Yousuf

)microcontrollers.To meet the demands of this new trend we have decided to teach the Microchip 8-bit PICmicrocontrollers. However, before making this transition several factors such astextbook, hardware and software tools must be specified to implement the course in a realworking environment.In an effort to teach students the PIC microcontroller, the Electronics EngineeringTechnology Department has developed a course in which emphasis is directed towardsthe PIC microcontroller in addition to the traditional concepts of the MC68HC11. Thispaper will discuss the course outline, laboratory equipment, and embedded designexample with the PIC18F452 microcontroller.IntroductionElectronics Engineering Technology and Computer Science Technology curricula eachrequires

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran

TEACHING INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING COURSES USING BLACKBOARD Swaminathan Balachandran Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Platteville 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI 53818 Ph.: (608)-342-1718. FAX: (608)-342-1566. balachas@uwplatt.edu ABSTRACT This paper presents information about the undergraduate program in industrialengineering at UW - Platteville and the Web pages created for five industrial and generalengineering courses by the author. This paper summarizes the contents of these pages that areaccessible to students and guests from any location. The paper discusses how

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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida

evaluated via student's participation in thefabrication of an autonomous robotic vehicle facilitated through practical hands-on activities, groupdiscussions, and laboratory modules. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this previously in-person courseadopted a synchronous teaching model and used online instructional tools for lectures, group activities,and project support. The robotic project helped introduce students to engineering principles byemploying multi-developmental phases for creating a robot. The teaching approach also providedstudents an engineering design experience while working in interdisciplinary teams with membersserving unique engineering roles such as design, hardware, software, project, or testing lead. Studentswere required to design

Conference Session

Pre-College and ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Stirewalt

Session Number: 3532 Teaching Software Engineering Bottom Up R. E. K. Stirewalt Software Engineering and Network Systems Laboratory Department of Computer Science and Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan 48840 e-mail: stire@cse.msu.eduAbstractA typical CS curriculum contains a course on software engineering, which introducesprinciples and heuristic methods for designing large software systems subject to desirableproperties, such as maintainability and extensibility

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

Planning and Teaching an Undergraduate Course Jumoke O. Ladeji-Osias Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Morgan State University Baltimore, MD 21251AbstractPlanning a course involves many issues including choosing the objectives, scope and content,preparing a syllabus, developing lectures, laboratories, projects and assignments, and evaluationof students. Teaching the course is the implementation of the plan while developing a rapportwith the students and monitoring classroom dynamics. Teaching requires adapting your plan toyour current group of students and to the changing educational

Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Hassan A. Kalhor; Mohammad R. Zunoubi

Teaching Engineering Students Energy Conservation Hassan A. Kalhor and Mohammad R. Zunoubi Electrical and Computer Engineering Department State University of New York New Paltz, NY 12561 kalhorh@engr.newpaltz.eduI. INTRODUCTIONConservation of our energy resources and protection of our environment is the duty of everyoneespecially the engineers, and engineering students must be made aware of this responsibility.Many engineers have been engaged in developing alternate sources of energy preferablyrenewable sources. Despite all the research effort and expenditure of large sums of researchmoney no practical source has yet been put into

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole DeJong; Ken Van Treuren; Don Farris; Cindy Fry

Sciences at the University ofOxford, UK, and returned to the USAF Academy to teach heat transfer and propulsion systems. At Baylor heteaches courses in laboratory techniques, fluid mechanics, energy systems, and propulsion systems, as well asfreshman engineering. His research interests include experimental convective heat transfer.DON FARRISDonald R. Farris is a Professor in the Department of Engineering at Baylor University. He received his B.S. inElectrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from SouthernMethodist University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas. His industrial/research experience includeswork at Los Alamos National Laboratory and General Dynamics (now Lockheed

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum and Practices in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University; Rainer Fink, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

of Statistics Education Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002.21. Montgomery, D. C., Design and Analysis of Experiments, 5th ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001.22. Mosteller, F., "Teaching of Statistics," The American Statistician, 34, pp. 11-17, 1980.23. Petruccelli, J.D. and Nandram, B. and Chen, M-H, “Implementation of a modular laboratory and project-based statistics curriculum,” ASA Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education: 165-170, 1995.24. Pong, C. and Le, T., “Development of hands-on experimentation experience for civil engineering design courses at San Francisco State University,” ASEE Annual Conference, 2006.25. Prudich, M., Ridgway, D., Young, V., “Integration of Statistics Throughout the Undergraduate

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

© 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationThe students are further broken down into 52 lab divisions taught by 18 graduate student teachingassistants and 40 undergraduate teaching assistants. Each lab is managed by one graduate and oneundergraduate teaching assistant. All of the teaching assistants and the computer labs in generalare managed by a Laboratory Coordinator, a professional staff member. In a large class, TAshave considerably more personal contact time with students than faculty. It is imperative that TAsunderstand, appreciate, and have an ability to convey the instructors teaching philosophy. This isespecially true when teaching first-year students whose expectations of college courses areskewed by their high school

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Orr; David Cyganski; Richard Vaz

course. Following is a summaryof the significant technical and pedagogical aspects of this course:• Introduction to concepts of information, communications, networking, human interface,• Presentation of inter-related information-related concepts from a variety of disciplines in a quantitative manner,• Use of teaching methods adopted to make efficient use of modern technology, while involving students with the technology,• Design for cost and educational effectiveness with large class sizes.PC-based laboratory exercises which exploit network resources will be integral to the course, andwill be the primary format for carrying out the discipline-specific modules.Course development has involved students and faculty from departments across the

Conference Session

Materials Science for Nonmajors

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach

Session 3464 Teaching About Materials Using Electronic Devices Sarah E. Leach Purdue UniversityAbstractIntroductory materials courses must, of necessity, contain a great deal of theoretical andfoundational information about the structure and properties of materials. Materialcategories are often studied separately, with comparisons being made between types. Thispaper describes a laboratory experience designed to bring together different types ofmaterials, by studying complex manufactured devices. Many electronic packagingsystems, including chip carriers and thick-film

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

W. Kinsner; I. Shpancer

TEACHING MICROPROCESSORS TO PRACTISING PROFESSIONALS W. Kinsner and I. Shpancer Depar1:ment of Electrical Engineering and Industrial Applications of Microelectronics Centre, Inc. University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 2N2 Abstract Upgrading the skills of scientists, engineers, tech no logis tsand technicians involved in the design of digital systems is animportant and difficult task. The impact of microelectronics onbasic research, applied research, product development and otherengineering services has increased the need for efficient methodsof teaching aod training in the area of

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xuemin Chen, Texas Southern University; David Olowokere, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Graham Thomas, Texas Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Computer based learning has become an important part of education. The Internet(Website) has become a widespread tool for teaching and learning. The Website enables moreflexible delivery (anytime), distance education (anyplace), new visualization possibilities(interactivity), and cost reduction. One of the very successful virtual laboratories is the iLabdeveloped by MIT18, 19. The web-based laboratories are impossible to totally replace thetraditional laboratories. But its relatively low cost, flexibility, and remote accessibility willdramatically improve the teaching and learning capability. The resistor color code lab is the first Page

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Redfield; Brian Self

New Approaches in Teaching Undergraduate Dynamics Brian Self Robin Redfield United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, COABSTRACTIn order to enhance a first course in dynamics, instructors at the United States Air ForceAcademy have supplemented the class with demonstrations, laboratories, computationalproblems, and student presentations. Goals of the enhancement are to increase student motivationand understanding. Initial results may not show that students perform better overall, butmotivation and interest levels are definitely improved and long-term appreciation andunderstanding may be

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Rama K. Vedachalam; George L. Engel

everything from MOS transistor theory and CMOSprocess technology through circuit and logic design, up to and including the design andsynthesis of digital systems using a hardware description language in a one-semesterintroductory course in VLSI design. Topics addressed in this paper include course content,laboratory exercises, final design project, and the overall effectiveness of using state-of-the-art,industry-standard CAD tools in helping to teach VLSI design to first-time students.I. IntroductionThis paper describes the experiences of a teaching assistant and an instructor in EE 484: DigitalVLSI Design during the Spring ’98 semester at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville(SIUE). The course is fast becoming a popular elective for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

than like a state-of-the-art teaching laboratory in a sophisticated majoruniversity. With which are the freshmen likely to feel more comfortable and at ease? This maybe a substantial shift for engineering educators, who enjoy playing with and showing off thefancy gadgets, but too often students get lost in the gadgetry and don’t understand the basicconcepts. Structure of the First-Semester Hands-On ExperiencesThe material in the new first-semester course begins with very basic physical and mathematicaltools, and then moves into general introductory mechanics taught from a physics perspective. Itfollows closely the material and approach suggested by Arons 7, but emphasizes the use of thesetools in engineering problems. Added

Conference Session

Special Session on Fixed-Point Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming; Thad Welch, Boise State University; Michael Morrow, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerald Vineyard, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

internalize, but demonstrations and laboratory experiences are quite helpful. This paper describes how we teach the concept of frequency shift keying by using a highly successful combination of theory, demonstrations, lab exercises, and real-time DSP experiences that incorporate M ATLAB and the Texas Instruments C67x digital signal processing starter kit.1 IntroductionWhile many communication concepts are difficult for undergraduate students to fully understand,the use of demonstrations and laboratory experiences have been shown to greatly facilitate thelearning process.1–7 This paper describes how to teach the digital communication modulation tech-nique of frequency shift keying (FSK) using a highly successful combination of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikki Larson, Western Washington University; David Frye, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #24940Teaching Composites Manufacturing Through ToolingMs. Nikki Larson, Western Washington University After receiving my bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradley University, I started working for Boeing. While at Boeing I worked to receive my master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Materials and Manufacturing. After leaving Boeing I spent several years in equipment research and development at Starbucks Coffee Company. From there I decided my heart lied in teaching and left Starbucks to teach Materials Science Technology at Edmonds Community College. I eventually moved to

Collection

2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Trung H Duong, Colorado State University, Pueblo

University, 2nd Edition, Brigham Young University Press, 1995.4. Ortiz, L. E. and Bachofen, E. M., “An Experience in Teaching Structures in Aeronautical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Applying the Experimental Methodology,” 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, Session 2526.5. Abdulwahed, M. and Nagy, Z. K., Applying Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle for Laboratory Education, Journal of Engineering Education, July 2009, pp. 283-294.6. Wyrick, D. A. and Hilsen, L., “Using Kolb’s Cycle to Round out Learning,” 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, Montreal, Canada, June 17-19, 2002. Session 2739.7

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

position at Texas Christian University, Dr. Walter completed a 30-year professionalcareer at Sandia National Laboratories. This career included 18 years in the management of large-scale tests, testlaboratories, and weapon and test system design. Aside from his full-time teaching position, he consults extensivelyfor the aerospace and defense industry. Page 8.1063.11 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Deepti Suri; Eric Durant

Teaching Requirements through Interdisciplinary Projects Deepti Suri, Eric Durant Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Milwaukee School of Engineering 1025 North Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109 {suri, durant}@msoe.edu AbstractRequirements Engineering (RE) is the process of determining, analyzing, documenting,validating, and maintaining the services and constraints of the systems that need to be designed.Because of the high importance of RE in the design of software systems, the need to exposestudents to

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bailey, Brigham Young University; Joseph Ekstrom, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

that if things go seriously wrongon a VPS, there is no physical machine to manually reboot. A laboratory administrator must befound to reboot the container from a master control utility. On the other hand, as a testament tothe quality of the isolation of the containers from each other, we have had no instances in whicha student’s application has been able to damage a VPS other than his own.Another limitation from a teaching perspective is that in order to maximize the efficiency of thesystem, software that is common to all the containers on the server should be pre-installed by thesystem administrator. This software image is then shared by all the VPS. This is not desirable ifwe need to give students experience with system administration tasks

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn T. Wrate P.E., Northern Michigan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

returned to his boyhood home and is teaching as a full professor at Northern Michigan University. He is a member of HKN and IEEE, a Registered Professional Engineer in California, and is a past chair of the Energy Conversion and Conservation Division of ASEE. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Teaching Power Transformer Testing to UndergraduatesAbstractMany educational electrical power laboratories do not have any access to utility-sized three-phase and single-phase power transformers, voltage regulators, and utility-grade instrumenttransformers. At Northern Michigan University, a local consortium (Lake Superior CommunityPartnership, The Upper Peninsula Power Company, American

Conference Session

Are You Experienced? Approaches and Tools for Experiential Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Austin Hart; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; William Jordan Cashel-Cordo, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

designing andbuilding a steel sculpture. The structure demonstrates various connections used to join differentsteel shapes at intersections. The structure is displayed in the hallway of the civil engineeringdepartment and used as a teaching aid for courses such as Structural Steel Design, CivilEngineering Material and Introduction to Engineering courses. Figure 1: Steel Frame Sculpture in University of Maine, ME.Design and Construction: A group of three faculty, one student and one laboratory technician were involved in theproject. The design and construction team decided on not using the available frame plans byAISC. A 3-Dimensional drawing of a desired sculpture which was drafted using a Sketchupsoftware is shown in