Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Ring, Dublin Institute of Technology; Michael Dyrenfurth, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

country approaches • Increase understanding of international dynamics • Become more competitive • Potentially identify overseas internship • Have funRealities of International Exchange/Collaborations • Travel funding is tight • How do I handle my other classes • Securing visas & passports • Where will I stay • Will this count towards my degree • How do I communicate & plan in advance • Maintaining contact with family • Trepidation of first time overseas…Similarities and Differences within the institutions and courses • Content Covered • Types of activities • Theory—Application Balance • Lecture/presentation styles • Assessment differencesStudent Differences & Similarities • Motivation

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wierman John; Shoukas Artin; Robert Allen; Larry Aronhime

where 10-13 teams of 10 undergraduate students each work on independent projectsannually posed by sponsors such as researchers, clinicians and individuals in need. The designprojects culminate in a prototype and final report. About ¼ to ½ of these projects have potentialfor commercial application. In entrepreneurship and management, a program exists where teamsof between three and five undergraduate students develop business plans for ideas that areproposed to them by biomedical engineering students. Business plans for projects withcommercial potential examine factors necessary to convert the project idea into a viableenterprise. Such issues include market size, revenue and reimbursement, market penetrationstrategies, costs of operations, legal

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell Dean; Charles F. Yokomoto

Session 3431 DEVELOPING YOUR OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT PROCESS Charles F. Yokomoto, Russell K. Dean Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis/West Virginia UniversityAbstractIn this paper, we describe several issues related to the development of an outcomes assessmentprocess, a key element in an organization’s assessment plan. We will present a comparison ofseveral examples of high-profile outcomes assessment processes, explain why an organizationshould develop its own assessment process instead of adopting one written by anotherorganization, and highlight the difficulties caused by the lack of standard terminology

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sal Arnaldo; Fazil Najafi

Session # 1260 Public Works Engineering and Management Practices for Undergraduate Students Fazil T. Najafi, Sal Arnaldo Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florida / City of Tallahassee, Florida Abstract Public works is one of the largest and most diverse fields of public service. It involvesthe nation's infrastructure which includes the planning, analysis, design, construction, operation,maintenance and management of physical systems essential to economic and social developmentof communities, cities, counties, regions and

Conference Session

Instructional Showcase

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Interest Council (PIC)

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

. 3.2. Walked through the parts of the sensor using example sensor that we (the virtual instructor) had. (*Note – At Pitt, we had the same monitor so we were able to talk about the monitor through both pictures on the slides and physically over Zoom.) 4. To prepare for the next module, we instructed the students to consider what places or areas they want to set up the monitor to collect data. Module Session 5 LO 5. Creating a Monitoring Program and Collecting Data 1. Reviewed major takeaways from previous modules 2. Creating a Monitoring Plan 2.1. Defined what a Monitoring Plan is for the students 2.2. Think-Pair-Share Exercise on brainstorming AQ monitoring locations 2.3. Finalized the Monitoring Plan

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Kathryn Mathis; Duane Stucky; Ahad S. Nasab

and Planning2. Engineering and Design3. State and Federal Regulations4. Maintenance and Service ContractsEach team is encouraged to work closely with the project staff to gather information andin some cases contribute to the project.The Administration and Planning team consults with the university administrationofficers and other project staff to investigate the overall criteria for investment decisionsand budget issues. These activities usually involve comparison of the proposed systemto other traditional systems in several respects such as cost analysis, depreciation issues,regulatory issues, local government and utilities issues, and overall university facilityneeds analysis.The Engineering and Design group is given a certain input

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund P. Russell

paper describes the genesis, activities, and plans for the committee.By the mid-1990s, several schools at the University of Virginia had hired scholars with interestsin the history of technology and the environment. Most of those scholars held appointments inEngineering and Applied Science, Arts and Sciences, or Architecture. Some of those facultymembers had collaborated with colleagues in other departments, e.g. by teaching courses andadvising students. But, in an era of tight resources, there was no room to lessen departmentalresponsibilities in exchange for work done for other departments. Collaboration came as anoverload, and students had limited chances to take courses not offered by their own school

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Edmund P. Russell

paper describes the genesis, activities, and plans for the committee.By the mid-1990s, several schools at the University of Virginia had hired scholars with interestsin the history of technology and the environment. Most of those scholars held appointments inEngineering and Applied Science, Arts and Sciences, or Architecture. Some of those facultymembers had collaborated with colleagues in other departments, e.g. by teaching courses andadvising students. But, in an era of tight resources, there was no room to lessen departmentalresponsibilities in exchange for work done for other departments. Collaboration came as anoverload, and students had limited chances to take courses not offered by their own school

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Fry, Baylor University; Donald Gaitros, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

disciplines. They seek a rigorousprogram in Computer Science that also allows them the flexibility to study across disciplineswhile still being prepared for either graduate school or successful careers.Program OrganizationThe Computer Science Fellows (CSF) Program is a degree plan within the Department ofComputer Science. Its organization is comprised of the Director, the Fellows ReviewCommittee, and an Honors College Advocate. In addition, as each Fellow develops their juniorreading list, they will request a Computer Science faculty member to serve as their FellowsResearch Advisor.The Director of the Computer Science Fellows program is appointed by the Chair of ComputerScience and approved by the Dean of the School of Engineering & Computer

Conference Session

Design for Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Tarek Shraibati; Ahmad Sarfaraz

. Thus, in the spring of 2001, community service-learning concept was introduced into two Manufacturing Systems Engineering senior courses atCalifornia State University, Northridge (CSUN). In the first community service-learning project,students shared their knowledge and skills gained in a senior level course, Facilities Planning andDesign, with a small company located within a federal enterprise zone. The second communityservice-learning project integrated a senior design class with a local high school as part of theFIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics organization.Engineering students mentored Granada Hills High School (GHHS) senior students in building arobot to compete in both regional and national

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Naomia A. Suggs-Brigety, The George Washington University; Saniya Leblanc, The George Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Community Based Participatory Instruction Design analysis: include community members, Study Roadmap Research (CBPR) • Weekly lesson plans guides are crafted based understand community assets and creation of• Utilizing an exploratory sequential design to • CBPR prioritize human-centered design on the DOE Energy Literacy objectives and Next a unique tool. build a tool based on the specific community through iterate engagement with and

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kathleen Condray

Standing Out from the Crowd: Opportunities for Research and Work Abroad in Engineering Dr. Kathleen Condray, University of Arkansas The benefits of an experience abroad are indisputable; students can improve languageskills and cultural fluency, learn to think in new ways, and experience world masterworks of art,architecture, and engineering first hand. Obviously, these benefits also make students moreattractive to potential employers. Time abroad can also help universities with retention as thestudents return with a renewed sense of purpose after encountering such life-changingexperiences. Because engineering students face a rigorous plan of study, however, few

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Bryan Hill

successful. The workshop will also look at some of the common mistakes a new recruiting operation falls into. You will leave this workshop with many tools, including: how to hire a good recruitment team, how to find good prospective students, how to successfully work a career fair and increase your booth attendance, what prospective students want to hear in a presentation, how to make a successful recruitment phone call, what a tour should include, how to develop a successful correspondence plan, and how to keep track of the prospective student information and contacts.

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

W. R. Penney; G. J. Thoma; R. R. Beitle

one another in solving real environmental problems. Typical projects include thethinning of forests to minimize the potential for fire damage, the prevention of foodborneillnesses due to bacterial contamination of tomatoes, and the design of a mobile treatmentfacility to treat mixed transuranic wastes. The students must select the “best” technologyfrom a number of alternatives, run the necessary experiments to prove the concept,construct a scale model of their design, prepare a market analysis and business plan whileaddressing community relations and environmental regulations, and make oral and posterpresentations at the competition. This paper compares and contrasts the WERCexperience with the traditional classroom capstone design experience.

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wei Cao; Peggy Vance

more than 15 schools and 300 hundred kids come to the event;they spent the whole day for completion, demonstration and tours of engineeringand technology labs in WVU. The sponsor pool of the competition has been growing up year-by-year, whichincludes the WVU, Toyota Inc, Parallax Inc, WV Education department, WVLogan County Distinct Education Department, Tech Prep Foundation, AppalachiaEducation Lab and etc. In this article, the short history, organization strategy, competition format,follow-up feedback and future plan will be discussed. The next competition, 4thLego Robots Competition for High, Middle and Elementary Schools in WV willbe held on May 2006.

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Roberto Andre Mossi, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

2 For creating this world I first started planning what algorithm to use. I stumbled upon many videos and documenta-tions regarding people creating their own generators in Unreal Engine, and outside of that scope. For most of them theyhad applied an algorithm named A-Star Algorithm. This one was quite a useful one and mostly for auto generation.The idea behind it is to use Dijkstra’s algorithm that takes in consideration all neighbors, checks for the shortest pathto the end, and checks the most optimal path, but also taking in consideration the distance from the current node tothe very last node which we plan it to arrive to [3]. This is very useful in situations where there is an ending and abeginning set [4]. I had decided to

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Peter F. Cavanaugh

classroom activities in academic courses [6- deeply embedded in industry practices, making them essential7]. for engineering and technology management students. Graduate-level education, particularly in Technology Both courses emphasize structured methodologies and data-Management, emphasizes the development of critical thinking driven decision-making. AI has the potential to transform theseand problem-solving skills. Courses like Project and Process areas by automating certain aspects of project planning, riskManagement also focus on the real-world application of these assessment, and process optimization. For example, AI-skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sharon Miller, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Steven Higbee, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Mentor-focused Professional Development for Investigators Initiating Discipline-based Educational Research (DBER) in Biomedical EngineeringAbstractOur work (NSF PFE: RIEF Award 1927150) initiates a discipline-based educational researchstudy of student design self-efficacy in an undergraduate biomedical engineering (BME)program. A key component of this work focuses on our own professional development asengineering education researchers, which contributes to our abilities to undertake current andfuture engineering education studies. Our professional development goal is to establish andfollow a mentoring plan that facilitates our development of engineering education research skills.We targeted three areas for

Conference Session

PCEE Resource Exchange

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

an Assistant Professor in Diagnostic Radiology at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she conducted research on nonviral gene therapy systems. At Rice University she has developed and taught courses in The Department of Bioengineering includ- ing Numerical Methods, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Systems Physiology, Biomaterials and Advances in BioNanotechnology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Water Sustainability: Science & Engineering Activities for the High School Classroom (Resource Exchange)The goal of this resource exchange is to disseminate over 27 lesson plans, research posters, and educational videos created by K-12teachers conducting summer internships in the field of

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Tom Merrill, Rowan University; Robert Alan Hirsh, Cooper University Hospital; Sameer Sood, Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

deliverables: needsspecifications, project plans and posters, for three needs. These needs were chosen based onareas of clinical need, cost effectiveness, interest and feasibility for milestone completion incapstone design during the academic year. Scholars met with faculty to gauge potential solutionsfrom the basic science and clinical perspectives. The summer program ended with a finalScholar symposium of projects, reflections of the Scholar experiences and plans for academicyear projects. Table 1 summarizes the 2014 Rowan Bioengineering Scholars Program.  Table 1: Summer 2014 Rowan Bioengineering Scholars Program   Week   Topic   Deliverable   1   Overview of program and Basic physiology

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry C. Burton; Jeffrey G. Soper; Jack V. Matson

courses. Topics treated in those courses are indicated below.Some of the topics are similar to those found in business courses. The Minor does indeed address a numberof “business” issues, such as marketing, finance, and strategic planning. However, these topics areaddressed for the specific purpose of providing engineering students with contextual relevance.The team teaching approach is used in this Minor. One of the most important skills that the Minor attemptsto develop is the ability to work in teams, where different and often divergent attitudes and philosophiesexist. This holds true for instructors as well. Instructors for the core courses of the minor include Ph.D.’sfrom engineering, education, and business. Since the team approach is such

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Forrest S. Keeler; Dr. Mihir K. Das

the university curriculum, and to graduate level students for eventualvaluable dissemination and application to multiple other programs in the student’s work environment. SystemsEngineering is such a discipline. It has been in existence for a considerable time and it has grown out of a hostof methodologies that have emerged over time to support Systems Design Engineering as a key element ofcomplex design teams. This paper reports on our recently developed Graduate program in SE focused toward development ofcomplex systems. Each such complex system requires a clear Systems Engineering Master Plan, a set of SEMethodologies, appropriate tools, a rigorous requirements flow-down technique, and a comprehensive ProjectManagement Plan to

Conference Session

Technology in Classrooms - Construction Engineering Perspective

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ihab Saad, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, particularly the construction or execution phase. Such efforts Included: 1 – Checklists: Where the project was broken down into activities and a list of these anticipated project activities was produced, without any chronological order, and without any type of relationships reflecting interdependency. This technique has been used successfully for several centuries as both a planning and a control technique. As each of the activities was performed, a check mark was put next to it to denote its completion. The ease and simplicity of such a technique are quite obvious; yet its drawbacks are also easily recognizable. The main deficiencies of the checklist were its failure to reflect the impact of the delay

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno

Adding Manufacturing Commands and Features to a CAD Interface Mario H. Castro-Cedeno Rochester Institute of Technology 1 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 AbstractManufacturing features and commands such as cut, drill, mill, turn, etc. can be added to theinterface of computer aided CAD software. The commands can be used to design simple tomedium complexity parts by using commands in a way that resemble the creation of amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and

Conference Session

Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno

amanufacturing process plan. Students using the software can be introduced to the capabilities andrelative advantages and disadvantages of manufacturing processes and equipment. The softwarecan be used as an augmentation of conventional shop exercises where the students have to planthe steps needed to fabricate a part.This research describes some of the previous research on design and manufacturing features andprovides examples of how manufacturing commands have been added to Solidworks CADsoftware.IntroductionThe goal of seamlessly transferring information between design and manufacturing has receivedmuch research effort during the last 20 years and researchers have achieved significant success[1]. The high level of interest is due to the fact that

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

to formulatethe problem, devise a plan of action, and derive a final solution using the domain knowledgeacquired in class. In addition to improving understanding of the course material, the module isalso designed to improve more general cognitive skills and specifically to enhance themetacognitive ability of the participating students. A prototype of the module is currently beingused in a classroom setting and we report on our initial experiences and student outcomes. Wealso discuss how this will be extended to an active learning environment that uses informationtechnology across the curriculum to integrate all required undergraduate courses.1. IntroductionUsing information technology (IT) to improve engineering education offers much

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David M. Woodall

issue has left the public with the perception thatthere is no acceptable solution. While Europe and Japan are well on their way to the long termstorage of spent nuclear fuel waste, the US vacillates on storage options and plans another in along series of studies.Under the pressure of declining enrollments and the opportunities offered by faculty retirementsto reallocate faculty positions to more compelling technical areas, many nuclear engineeringdepartments have in recent years been abolished. The nuclear engineering faculty have oftenbeen merged into larger departments and programs have usually been retained, but sometimesonly at the graduate level. Some examples of universities with well-recognized nuclearengineering departments which have

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

or outlinefor, plan to plan and carry out in a skillful way; to form in the mind, contrive, to developaccording to a plan." With these ideas in mind it is a relatively easy step to begin formulatingone's own plans to involve students in the world of design, a world where the participantsunderstand that design is the heart of engineering.Design in ROSESROSES students are given opportunities to design class presentations ontopics that relate to engineering. Students become the teachers in order to speak to their fellowclassmates. They investigate the real world in order to find out how they will be perceived whenthey, too, carry the mantle of engineer. Flexibility in course topics allows students to initiate the planning and execution of

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Shih-Ming Lee; Sergio Martinez; Anabel D. Ramos; Martha A. Centeno

teaching and learning and includestudents in class management. The model only addresses improvement of the teaching andlearning process in classroom activities. There are other factors that affect the process but arenot addressed by it. Those other factors include faculty development, reward system,promotion and tenure, motivation, individual abilities, culture, and mind sets.The model focuses on the process of a single course. Flowcharts define the activities that takeplace during the planning, evaluation of learning outcomes, and evaluation of teachingeffectiveness processes. For instance, Figure 2 portrays the Course Planning Process. Whennecessary, activities are further described using sub-process flowcharts. The prototype supporttool

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, Pdip (CM), Architect, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

University of NewYork (SUNY) Board of Trustees and SUNY "to develop a plan to make approved appliedlearning activities available to SUNY students enrolled in the 2016-17 academic year, and thatthis plan will include individual campus plans" [10]. SUNY system worked with the New YorkState Governor's office to allocate budget funds to each campus, and a SUNY Applied LearningSteering Committee was created in 2015. This committee, comprising members of theUniversity Faculty Senate, Distinguished Faculty, SUNY Student Assembly representatives, andsystem administration staff, was tasked with developing specific guidance to campuses abouthow to proceed in developing applied learning plans. The committee's responsibilities includedidentifying best practices