Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University; Clifford R. Mirman, Northern Illinois University; Avinash Varma Gadiraju; Chester D. Kolodziej, Freedom Field Renewable Energy, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-4453: ONLINE RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY FOR SUP-PORTING A NEWLY DEVELOPED ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTALSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMDr. Abul K. M. Azad, Northern Illinois University Abdul Azad is a Professor with the Technology Department of Northern Illinois University. He has a Ph.D. in control and systems engineering and M.Sc. and B.Sc. in electronics engineering. He is in academics for 15+ years and his research interests include remote laboratories, mechatronic systems, adaptive/intelligent control, mobile robotics, and educational research. In these areas, Azad has more than 100 referred journal and conference papers, edited books, and book chapters. So far, he has attracted around $1.5 million of research and

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ECET: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University; Shonda Bernadin, GSU

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

experiments in a disciplined manner (use and connect standard laboratory instruments, electronic devices and equipment), analyze, interpret, troubleshoot and apply experimental results to improve processes using sound engineering principles. (d) An ability to apply creativity in the practical, cost effective and reliable design of systems, components or processes in the areas such as electronics, or electrical power and machinery. (e) An ability to function effectively in laboratory groups and/or on design teams with members and tasks sometimes separated in time and space. (f) An ability to identify, design, test, analyze, and solve technical problems using knowledge gained from a

Conference Session

Assessment & Continuous Improvement in ET: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; Lea Campbell, University of Houston, Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston, Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

finished product meets contractualspecifications. The fees for these engineering services are typically seven percent of the cost ofthe contract2.This paper describes some of the assessment aspects that have developed in engineeringtechnology departments. Engineering technology departments are considered high costdepartments due to several factors: Laboratories for educational practices, relatively high facultysalaries, and low enrollments that are in most cases limited by the available facilities.Considering this cost environment, it is necessary to implement new activities with detailedconsideration of the full cost of the activity. This is the case for assessment. Assessment isnecessary but its satisfactory implementation also requires

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Turner, Westfield State College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

survey are shown in Table 3. Student responses to questions 1-4not only showed that they enjoyed the lab (77%), but also indicated that they found thelab to be an effective component in their learning process. 87% agreed that the labchanged the way they think about motion and forces and 84% reported a betterunderstanding of motion and forces after the laboratory. A smaller majority (58%) alsoagreed that they could transfer what they had learned to new situations. SA A N D SD 1. I enjoyed the elevator lab. 7 17 7 0 0 2. Because of the elevator lab, the way that I think 4 23 4 0 0 about motion and forces

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; William Danley, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Shawn Racz, Lockheed Martin, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has three U.S. patents. From July 2003 to July 2005, as a team facilitator, he worked on the development of the curriculum for the “Partnership for Innovation in Nanobiotechnology Education” program in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and several Community Colleges.William Danley, Drexel University Dr. William Danley, Assistant Clinical Professor of Applied Engineering Technology in the Goodwin College, Drexel University, taught and developed undergraduates courses in thermodynamics, thermal system design, fluid mechanics, thermal, pneumatics and hydraulics laboratories, materials

Conference Session

Learning about Power Systems and Power Consumption

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Reed, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Daniel Ludois, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Maria Hamlin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

with homework assignments and in-class demonstrations are thenpresented with discussions of laboratory components. A brief summary concludes the work.Educational TheoryElectrical engineering courses tend to be highly theoretical and require students to placeemphasis on relatively abstract conceptualizations1. Because of this, these courses traditionallyhave been taught using a subject-based learning (SBL) approach which does not require activeparticipation on the part of the student2. In an effort to provide a more student-centeredexperience, one that engages learners in more application-based experiences, a problem-basedlearning approach is proposed for incorporation into power electronics courses.Problem-based learning (PBL) requires the

Conference Session

Integrating Math into Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

ed conley

classroom minutes expendedin this exercise can bring to life one of these fundamentals.References1. ‘The Machinery of Life,’ Mechanical Engineering, v126, n2, p30-4, February 2004.2. ‘Classroom Demonstrations and Laboratory Experiments,’ Chapter 7, Wiley Higher Education, http://wiley.com/college/msci/callister39551X/demonstrations/ch07.html3. ‘Strain in One Dimension,’ ABAQUS Theory Manual Version 6.3, http://gong.snu.ac.kr/down/on-line-documents/abaqus/V6.3_HTMLdocs /books/stm/ch01s04ath05.htmlEDGAR CONLEY is associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces,New Mexico. He received the PhD from Michigan State University in Engineering Mechanics (‘86). Dr. Conley

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

. The CourseManagement Section is modified slightly depending on whether the survey is being used for adistance learning class or a live class. (When used for live classes, a computer laboratory isreserved for 30 minutes during class time to allow the students time to complete the survey.)Even with the large number of questions, students complete the online survey very quickly,usually in 15 minutes. From past experience, this is much faster than paper and pencilassessment tools. Although much modified, it is based on the work of Land and Hager [3]. Thecourse assessment tool is part of a larger project to perform integrated, on-line assessment of allcourses in the METS Department, and provides a convenient method to gather summativeassessment

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oluwatosin Alabi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; R. Edwin Garcia, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

techniques used by the battery industrythrough leaning the theoretical and practical aspects of battery fabrication. The instructional teamdesigned this course to build students’ conceptual understanding by integrating the usevisualization and graphical artifacts, like the ones depicted in figure two, and engaging thestudents in the use of modeling and computational analysis to complete class projects andhomework assignments.In addition, the instructor focused on teaching students how to model and analyze batterysystems using analytical and computational techniques used by practitioners and research expertsin battery systems design. The computation tool used in the course was the Virtual Kinetics ofMaterials Laboratory (VKML). The VKML tool is an

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl A. Reidsema PhD, The University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanagh, The University of Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

was used to allow students to negotiate meaning and construct understandingin a social context through guided collaborative exercises. The “Tools: Software” sessionswere computer laboratories where students learnt Matlab and Creo: the tools necessary tovirtually and physically construct their prototype.ImplementationTable 2 details the implementation of ENGG1200 for a cohort of approximately 1200students; it should be read in conjunction with Figure 3. Table 2 ENGG1200 implementation detailsFigure 3 Session type Objectives Resources Space Assessmentnotation (Table 1)Theory/ Content Team-based: 1, 2, 8 Worksheets; Flat

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Feinauer P.E., Norwich University; Michael W. Prairie, Norwich University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

contributions to a multi-disciplinary project wasimplemented in the spring of 2012. The chosen project was a hydroelectric generation project inwhich the ME students designed a waterwheel to work in a laboratory flume, the ECE studentsdesigned a permanent-magnet generator with wireless monitoring, and the CEE studentsdesigned a structure to support the wheel and generator. Throughout the course of the projectstudents designed their respective components and communicated with others among the variousdisciplines to define design interface requirements. The first year of the project was successful inthat the student teams were able to design working components that functioned together in asystem to generate electricity. That design experience and several

Conference Session

Issues in ET Education I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

; somedegree names are similar; and the advertised career opportunities, job functions, and job titlesmay also be similar. All engineering and ET programs and courses rely on various levels of mathand science, on engineering design principles, and on laboratory proficiencies. Some programsmay seek to develop stronger analytical skills and broader levels of abstract designcompetencies. It is natural that many prospective students wonder which degree path to take, andwhere their best fit might be along the broad spectrum of professional occupations thatengineering has to offer. Depending on the discipline, functional engineering tasks may includeindustrial equipment installation, maintenance and operation; engineering field work; technologydeployment

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin Turner, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

interest in the topics, and make the mate-rial more alive. In the Fall 2013, case studies and example problems were developed and supportmaterials, including movies, photographs, diagrams, and helicopter manuals, were collected. Theapproach is being tested in the Spring 2014 in a required 4-credit junior-level mechanical engi-neering course “Design of Machine Elements” at Marquette University. The course has 3 hoursof lecture and 2 hours of laboratory each week. In the last several years new laboratory experi-ments that promote discovery learning have been created for this course. A description of Mar-quette University's Machine Design Laboratory and experiments developed for the course hasbeen reported at last year's ASEE Conference.4

Conference Session

Topics Enhancing ET Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Grimsley Michaeli PE, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Moustafa R. Moustafa, Old Dominion University; Mileta Tomovic, Old Dominion University; Alok K. Verma P.E., Old Dominion University; Cheng Y. Lin P.E., Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Advanced Manufacturing Processes. Additionally, the ODUMET program requires students take three courses from the area of Electrical EngineeringTechnology: EET 305 Advanced Technical Analysis, EET 350 Fundamentals of ElectricalTechnology and EET 355 Electrical Laboratory. The course descriptions are outlined below.EET 305 Advanced Technical Analysis (Lecture 3 hours; 3 credits): Analytical and computationalmethods to support upper-division engineering technology courses. Topics include linear algebra,ordinary differential equations of engineering systems, elements of vector analysis, introductorystatistical concepts, and software usage/development. A significant portion of the course isdevoted to the use of MATLAB to support engineering analysis

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carisa H Ramming P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

% indicated that exams gave them the most difficulty and 62.5% said that trussanalysis was the most troublesome topic. The poll also questioned attendance of lecture anddiscussion. In lecture, 62.5% attended regularly while 37.5% attended somewhat or never.When asked about discussion, the numbers shifted with 50% attending regularly and 50%somewhat or never. With the intent of changing the structure of the discussion section in mind,the question “would hands-on laboratory experiments be of interest to you?” was asked and wasmet with a response of 83.3% for yes.Based on this data, the instructors were hopeful that the addition of the hands-on experimentswould have a compounding effect. If the students were interested in the discussion activities,they

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Elizabeth A. Adams, Mesa Community College; Mikhail Chester, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Thomas P. Seager, Arizona State University; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Built Environ- ment at Arizona State University (ASU). Kristen’s work focuses on integrating energy efficiency measures into building design, construction, and operations processes. Specifically, she is interested in novel design processes that financially and technically facilitate energy-efficient buildings. Her work also explores how principles of lean manufacturing facilitate energy-efficiency in the commercial building industry. Another research interest of Kristen’s is engineering education, where she explores how project- and experience-based learning foster better understanding of engineering and management principles. Prior to joining ASU, Kristen was at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) as a

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kumar Vikram Singh, Miami University; Fazeel Khan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

variouspolymers. Some of the salient features of individual modules are as follows: • It combines modeling and simulation with experimental data obtained by hands-on laboratory activity or by available data library of experiments. • It introduces usage of Matlab tools (GUI, state space modeling, symbolic toolbox, numerical solvers) in the field of material modeling and characterization, while emphasizing the application area of Biomaterials. • It facilitates the assimilation of proposed learning tools in a wide range of courses, and project-based learning experiences for undergraduate and graduate students.Description of learning studios and an individual module The first learning modules have been developed

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; David Elizandro; Jane Fraser

Society for Engineering Educationcounseling, university service, professional development, and interactions with industrial andprofessional practitioners, as well as employers of graduates.”Faculty must also have qualifications and authority “to develop and implement processes for theevaluation, assessment, and continuing improvement of the program, its educational objectivesand outcomes.” Indicators of faculty competency include “education, diversity of backgrounds,engineering experience, teaching experience, ability to communicate, enthusiasm for developingmore effective programs, level of scholarship, participation in professional societies, andlicensure as Professional Engineers.”From Criterion 61, “classrooms, laboratories, and associated

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

stepinvolved an in-class group activity and a group homework assignment; many also had anindividual assignment unrelated to the Pizza or Ice Cream Project.Pizza ProjectThe first day of class, each student was given a notebook to serve as a journal and a laboratorynotebook for the project. Throughout the semester they were instructed to use the journal tocomplete some assignments, keep track of project related information (and data), and alsoprovide feedback about class activities through journal entries. This was found to be an effectivemethod of illustrating the importance of laboratory notebooks—a concept foreign to manyengineering students. The success of this project relied on the students’ comfort in interactingwith the instructors; the notebooks

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Appanaboyina; Kendrick Aung

well as the basic principles, behind a CFD solution.When used in conjunction with a fluid mechanics course, it can be used to teach some of thefundamentals of fluid flow analysis, and 'replace' some of the laboratory experiments used toteach these principles. Similar examples include CALF (Computer Aided Learning in Fluid Dynamics)3, theNTNU Virtual Physics Laboratory6, Virtual Laboratory7, and Java Virtual Wind Tunnel5. CALF(Computer Aided Learning in Fluid Dynamics) is an interactive web-based course developed atthe Universities of Glasgow and Paisley. It gives an introduction to CFD and covers subjects likeCFD illustrations, turbulence modeling, parallel computing, and grid generation. The NTNUVirtual Physics Laboratory, a web site

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alvin Lester; Bruce Mutter

. Students must meet deadlines in an increasingly self-motivated environment. 11. Students must self motivate in general and avoid procrastination without traditional verbal reminders of assignment due dates. B. Disadvantages for Students: 1. Student must still meet in class for the regular scheduled class times for web facilitated courses. 2. Students uploading assignments to CART CMS may require more time than writing it out by hand. 3. Student must have access to compatible hardware, software, and high speed web connection. 4. Students may need to access computer laboratories at school, libraries or other places with public access to the web

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Catalano

there was a problem in appropriate technical style forengineering reports. Students were not challenged to prepare formal laboratory reportsnor formal engineering design reports. Perhaps the most apparent weakness of studentsafter finishing the sequence was the lack of ability to construct simple computerprograms. The software package Matlab was introduced yet it seemed to distract studentsfrom learning the fundamental skills required to program.Many substantive changes were been put in place for the first effort at revision. The oldstructure had been abandoned and in its place was a fully integrated program. Theincoming freshman class of approximately 200 was divided into five separate sections of40 students each. Each class section was

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Marshall; Steven Budd; Michael Fountain; Paul Givens

”technologies.The authors believe that the implementation of Strategic Market Assessments for NewTechnologies at USF has not only provided unique inter-disciplinary learning opportunities forgraduate students and faculty investigators, but has enhanced both the awareness of technologycommercialization in university faculty members and the university administration. Further, therate of movement of USF faculty innovations from university laboratories into new venturebusinesses has been increased in numbers and in level of success.IntroductionUniversities are repositories of large amounts of research, information, and knowledge; butunless moved from the laboratory, translated into useful technologies and/or products, andultimately commercialized, this

Conference Session

ABET Criterion 4 and Liberal Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kraemer; Bijan Pashaie; David Probst

technical content to achieve accreditation by the EAC of ABET. However,with the institution of EC2000 along with a new Dean of University Studies who was moreaccommodating of innovation, we recognized an opportunity to more fully incorporate some ofour major courses into the USP and make room for additional technical content. We began a fewyears ago by having one of our advanced laboratory courses accepted2, and we now have oursenior capstone course accepted into the USP. The fact that these courses were acceptable forthe USP recognizes what we had always believed; namely, that our advanced laboratory coursesand our senior capstone course embraced many of the objectives of the USP. It also meant thatthe liberal education component of our program

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tyson Hall; David Anderson

into aworking knowledge of DSP hardware design. We have developed a pedagogical frameworkwhereby students can leverage their previous knowledge of DSP theory and VHDL hardwaredesign techniques to design, simulate, synthesize, and test digital signal processing systems.The synthesized hardware is implemented on FPGAs, which provides a fast and cost-effectiveway of prototyping hardware systems in a laboratory environment. This framework allowsstudents to expand their previous knowledge into a more complete understanding of the entiredesign process from specification and simulation through synthesis and verification.1 IntroductionStudents often struggle to bridge the gap between the theory and the hardware implementa-tion of digital signal

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay Porter; James Ochoa; Joseph Morgan

that enhancesstudent-faculty interaction through wireless remote access to live and archived instructionalmaterials. The overall project goals are to integrate, test, and disseminate new and emergingtechnologies that link the mobile student to the classroom or laboratory. Through a video/audiocapture capability installed in the classroom and a network server, lectures can be streamed inreal-time or archived for later viewing. Students can have access to these resources using hand-held devices, tablet PC’s, or laptops with mobile connectivity. When viewing a live lecture,students will have the ability to interact with the instructor using messaging software. This paperwill detail the basic system requirements as well as the technical approach

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Sharp, Vanderbilt University

been the department’s technical communication professor,designing and teaching the technical communication portion of both labs in addition to teaching atechnical communication course for all engineering majors. The designation “w” after the coursenumber for each laboratory course, ChE 228w and ChE 229w, indicates that these coursesinclude writing instruction. Beginning in 1987, however, students in these junior and senior labshave received training in both written and oral communication.8In each course, students write numerous reports and give two videotaped oral presentations withvisuals. The chemical engineering professor grades the technical content. The technicalcommunication professor grades the organization, delivery, and visual aids in

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Harold Evensen; Paula Zenner

access to the entire class is needed. The equivalent of a nine-hour project lab is allocated to Project Teams and Advisors. The integration of each component is illustrated in Figure 1 and described below. Sponsorship Funding for the projects comes from three sources: Corporate sponsorships, University/Department sponsorships and student laboratory fees. Corporate sponsorship of Senior Design projects is crucial to the success of the program: it provides real Page 8.398.3 projects, with realistic expectations and funding. Teams on Corporate sponsorshipsProceedings of the 2003 American

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Al Post; Bradley Rogers

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 3. Details of the Membrane Electrode AssemblyManufacturing IssuesReliable, functional fuel cell systems can be built and installed today; in fact, the SolarPhotovoltaic Laboratory building at ASU-East is powered by a prototype fuel cell system thathas produced over 12 MW-hrs in the past 6 months, with no maintenance. The main issue inusing fuel cells is cost. A fuel cell stack, without the 'balance of plant', today costs about $2000-$3000/kw. To become competitive in the marketplace for more general use, complete stationarysystems with

Conference Session

Entrepreneurism in BME

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Smith; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

challenges engineering educators to structure learning so that competency is builtprogressively throughout a curriculum. The engineering community well understands the needfor proficiency in all modes of communication, with written communication considered of highimportance. For example, a panel of ten representatives from biomedical companies, assembledat Northwestern University in the summer of 2001, stressed the importance of communicationskills for entry-level biomedical engineers. Representatives from Abbott Laboratories, Datex-Ohmeda, and Nova Bionics said that entry-level engineers in biomedical engineering specificallyneed to be able to detail all project subtasks in project design, find and evaluate research relevantto a project, write