Conference Session

ECE-Instructional Tools and Online Resources

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

topics are introduced to students: Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’svoltage and current laws, methods of circuit analysis, as well as capacitors, inductors, binaryarithmetic, Boolean algebra, logic gates, operational amplifiers, diodes and applications. Problemsets related to these topics are assigned. As reported in this paper, to improve motivation andlearning, application-oriented and hands-on design labs and projects were developed, includingsensors, Bode plots and filters, counter design, and data acquisition. This paper will describe someof the developed projects and labs.Evaluations were based on student surveys (course evaluations) and student work (assignedhomework, exams and lab exercises). Recent offerings of this course taught in the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Works in Progress Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lopez, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya; Raúl López Sánchez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Josep Fernandez, Barcelona School of Informatics - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

projects funded by various entities, including the Spanish government and the European Economic Community. ´ L´opez S´anchez, Universitat Polit`ecnica de CatalunyaMr. Raul Mr. Ra´ul L´opez S´anchez holds a degree in Computer Engineering (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2010) and a Technical Engineering degree in Management Informatics (Facultat d’Inform`atica de Barcelona, Universitat Polit`ecnica de Catalunya, 2002). His professional career has been primarily focused on teaching, particularly in secondary and vocational training education. Since 2019, he has served as an associate lecturer at both the Institute of Education Sciences and the Facultat d’Inform`atica de Barcelona of the Universitat Polit`ecnica de

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L Dickrell, University of Florida; Louis S. Nadelson, University of Central Arkansas

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education, 2025 Generation of Peer Mentor Training Modules for Academic Makerspaces (NSF IUSE)This work outlines the course mapping structure of a training program focused onhelping undergraduate peer mentors effectively assist first-year students in academicmakerspaces, design courses, and laboratory classrooms. Student learning inunconventional learning environments such as makerspaces can be challenging,particularly if the learning requires the students to engage in teams to complete thenon-traditional learning activities associated with project and problem-based learning.The goal of the peer mentor preparation program is to provide undergraduate peermentors with the knowledge, tools, feedback, and practice

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Design Courses 2, Aerospace Assets

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College

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Aerospace

the Rutgers School of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award, and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021A Scaffolded, Semester-Long Design/Build/Fly Experience for the Mid-Career Aerospace Engineering StudentAbstract A mid-career Design/Build/Fly (DBF) project which is part of a larger Introduction toAerospace Engineering course is demonstrated to show student growth in a wide array of learningoutcomes. The DBF experience (rocket flight) is highly scaffolded, leveraging traditional systemsengineering and integrated vehicle design approaches detailed in lecture with hands-on laboratoryexperiences

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah; Joshua Lenart, University of Utah; Steven J. Burian P.E., University of Utah; Amir Mohaghegh Motlagh, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #16261A Civil Infrastructure System Perspective - Not Just the Built EnvironmentDr. Douglas Schmucker P.E., University of Utah Dr. Schmucker has 20 years experience in teaching and consulting. Focused on high quality teaching following the T4E, ExCEEd, and NETI teaching models, he currently is a full-time teaching professional with a focus on practice, project, and problem-based teaching methodologies.Dr. Joshua Lenart, University of Utah Dr. Joshua Lenart is an Associate Instructor with the Communication, Leadership, Ethics, and Research (CLEAR) Program at the University of Utah where he teaches technical

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Nick Patrick Rentsch, San Francisco State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering through a two-week residential summer camp. The Summer Engineering Instituteprovides participants an insight into the engineering profession and the engineering educationalsystem through a combination of lectures, hands-on laboratory activities, field trips, workshops,panels, and projects. Among the strategies employed in developing the program are emphasizingall the major fields of engineering and the various paths to an engineering career, including therole of community colleges; targeting first generation students and underrepresented minorities;collaborating with high school faculty and staff through a nomination process to identify andselect potential students; collaboration among community college and university faculty indeveloping

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadia Al-Aubaidy, Norwich University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

in sustainable (bio-inspired) design helps them to understand the impacts oftheir decisions on the environment and natural resources and empowers them to make positivechanges. On the other hand, entrepreneurship enables students to learn how to spot, evaluate, andexplore opportunities, build a prototype, and test it to design a project that satisfies clients' needsand aesthetic preferences. Unfortunately, educational institutions and researchers lag, particularlywhen integrating an entrepreneurial mindset with green building. Thus, this study emerged toovercome this contemporary interdisciplinary challenge and prepare green entrepreneurs and T-shaped engineers.PURPOSE OR GOAL: This study aims to prepare future green entrepreneurs and T

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Fuja; Stephen Batill; Jay Brockman

Session 2253 A Multidisciplinary Course Sequence for First-Year Engineering Students Jay B. Brockman, Thomas E. Fuja, Stephen M. Batill University of Notre DameAbstractThe University of Notre Dame has developed a new first year engineering program, and centralto that program is a two-course sequence entitled “Introduction to Engineering Systems.” Thesecourses use a sequence of team-based, multidisciplinary projects to introduce students to theengineering profession and to assist them in developing fundamental problem-solving skillscommon to all engineering

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4 - Teaching Methodology

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kuester, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Maria Smith, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

course for upper-level general engineering students. The project had threeobjectives: to apply the course material to a historical aerospace application, to encouragestudents to explore the societal and historical context of aerospace engineering, and to foster adesire for lifelong learning in engineering students. Each student (N = 16) selected a narrativenon-fiction book about aerospace history from a curated list of titles available at the campuslibrary in physical or electronic form. After reading their book, students wrote a short bookreview, answered reflection questions about the intersection of society and aerospace technology,and gave a short presentation to the class in which they related concepts taught in the course(aircraft top

Conference Session

ABET, PE, and CEBOK

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shenghua Wu, University of South Alabama; Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama; John Cleary, University of South Alabama

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Engineering (APSE), as well as an editorial member for Journal of Testing and Evaluation and International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. He serves panel member for several NCHRP and ACRP projects. He is also a registered professional engineer in Alabama and LEED AP.Dr. Min-Wook Kang, University of South Alabama Dr. Kang is a professor of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering at the University of South AlabamaDr. John Cleary, University of South Alabama ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Case Study of Integrating Standards, Codes, and Specifications into Engineering Curricula: Various Pathways to Professional ReadinessAbstractFor professional engineers

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1 - STEM Outreach

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Howell; Vinu Unnikrishnan, West Texas A&M University; Kenneth Leitch, West Texas A&M University; Erick Butler, West Texas A&M University

Paper ID #37841Investigating the role of compassion in engineering service-learningNathan Howell I am an environmental engineer specializing in many aspects of water resources and environmental fate-and-transport. His initial training was in chemical engineering (BS) at the University of Texas. I worked in environmental consulting in groundwater remediation. After consulting, I spent time at the University of Houston earning an environmental engineering PhD. My research there was in water quality modeling of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and large-scale field sampling projects in the Houston Ship

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Farbod Khoshnoud; Dario Robinson; Bruno Marco Quadrelli; Clarence W De Silva

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

@brunel.ac.uk Marco.B.Quadrelli@jpl.nasa.govAbstract: This paper addresses opportunities for linking research and teaching through service-learning as an experiential teaching method that combines community service with research andacademic instructions, particularly related to Mechatronics and Dynamic Systems areas. Theresearch component is complementary to the service-learning activity that applies the state-of-the-art technologies, and can potentially lead to scientific original work and world-class contributionsin technological advancements. Various advanced technologies related to mechatronic systemshave been developed by the authors and the students involved in such projects as part of theirUniversity

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Cribbs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Christopher O'Neil, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Michael J D'Agostino, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

techniques, sustainability of the built environment and more specifically, Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows for enhanced quality control and labor time utilization for coordinated MEP and specialty trade equipment, from design-to-install, in retrofit environments. Before joining Wentworth, Dr. Cribbs served as a Principal at Green Ideas Building Science Consultants, based in Phoenix where he regularly engaged in BIM workflows for de- sign/constructability/operations analysis, reporting and review with the full spectrum of project stakehold- ers. He has also taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in design, construction management and Building Information Modeling at Arizona State University and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobi West, Dakota State University

federal government to support projects focused on technical skillsdevelopment. Significant emphasis is placed on academic transfer pathways and education-to-career pathways for students from K-12 to community college and beyond. Utilizing fundingfrom multiple sources, faculty have intertwined grant project activities to increase awareness ofcybersecurity careers and academic pathways, emphasizing digital forensics and incidentresponse. The two grant projects, Cyber Up! and GenCyber Girls, aimed to develop college-levelcurriculum and cybersecurity workshops for female high school students. Project activities weresynthesized to create a summer camp for high school students based on the curriculum developedfor the college programs in digital

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahima Agumbe Suresh, San Jose State University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

work and have to be achieved in one shot after preparation, e.g.,interviews. In this course, one midterm examination was conducted, with an option to retake theexam once. One final examination was conducted with no retake opportunities. Study guideswere provided for each exam and a class lecture session was dedicated to reviewing materialsprior to the exams. The questions were designed such that 70% of the questions test corenetworking knowledge that anyone who passes the course should be able to answer, 15% of thequestions require proficiency in core topics, 10% of the questions require critical thinking, and thelast 5% of the questions show excellence.Project was a way for students to demonstrate deeper understanding of concepts. A project

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leah M Wiitablake, Clemson University; Amber Taylor; Landry Samuels; Jalani Ziad Eanochs; Caleb Jovan Hardin; Shi'ron Williams-Mattison; Samuel Cole Fambrough; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

potential for OER to improve student learning outcomes, informed our intention to bringstudents into designing OER.This paper describes the design and implementation of our model for the collaborativedevelopment of OER that intentionally integrates undergraduate student perspectives. Situated ina U.S. Department of Education grant-funded interdisciplinary, cross-college project creatingOER in the form of three robotics textbooks. We focus on the work of the Collaborative DesignTeam, composed of undergraduate students from project partner institutions, a graduate ResearchAssistant, and a faculty member from engineering education. Specifically, we share the processof elevating and incorporating undergraduate student voices into the design of OER

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DEED Technical Session 1: Adapting to COVID and other Design Challenges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Orser; Tiffany Ling, University of St. Thomas

led a team of engineers in continuously improving and supporting the supply chain and process flow of pressure sensor manufacturing lines. At the University of St Thomas, she teaches Introduction to Engineering and Senior Design. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Enduring Pandemic Impacts on Capstone CourseAbstractThe capstone experience at the University of St Thomas (UST) is a two-semester courseintegrated across four disciplines: mechanical, electrical, computer, and civil engineering. Withinthe course students design, analyze, finalize, and verify a company sponsored project. The resultsof projects are

Conference Session

ERM: Instruction and Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Devang Patel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Yi Zhu, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jin Su Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alejandra Magana, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

students as part of a sophomore-level systems analysis and design course. In this evidence-based practice paper, we report on students’ reflections regarding their perceptions of teamwork.This study approaches the following research questions: What are students' reflections about therole of communication while working in teams in a cooperative project-based learningenvironment?The guiding pedagogical framework for this course is cooperative learning. The course requiresthe students to work in teams in a semester-long software development project. To elicit reflectionon action about their teamwork experience. Specifically, we exposed students to concreteexperiences as part of their teamwork interactions, which became the basis for observations

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 1: Course Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catholica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, Lessons Learned from a PandemicAbstractThis evidence-based paper describes the process of implementing and evaluating a flippedclassroom approach, in conjunction with a project-based learning methodology, in a remoteCornerstone Engineering course and how it was kept in the face-to-face return. In the first year,cornerstone engineering courses are taught mainly using project-based learning. Thismethodology allows students to develop teamwork and communication skills and promotescritical thinking allowing students to solve real-world problems. Traditionally, project-basedlearning courses are taught face-to-face. Due to COVID-19, educational institutions were forcedto move from face-to-face teaching to remote teaching and learning. In this new

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia Kinane, University of Michigan; Kaitlin Tyler PhD, ANSYS, Inc.; Alan Taub; Abdon Pena-Francesch

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

focus on the economic, environmental, and social impact ofadvanced materials and processes. In this course, groups of five students collaborate on amaterials-focused sustainability project addressing specific United Nations SustainableDevelopment Goals (UN SDG). The goal of the course is to provide a team environment inwhich each student can gain an understanding of key aspects of sustainability in materialsdevelopment and engineering design, and apply relevant analysis methodologies such as lifecycle assessments, techno-economic analysis, and eco-properties audits. Students use AnsysGranta Edupack to visualize and understand the economic and environmental impacts of theirproject to identify trade-offs in sustainable engineering decision-making

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Callan E. Monette, Stanford University; Alexis Seymour, Stanford University; William T Yu, Stanford University; Leighton Terrance Wan, Stanford University; Andrew Sho Perley, Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering; Ross Daniel Venook, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

graduate TAs the why (i.e., theoreticalknowledge) and the how (i.e., actionable strategies and skills) of equitable pedagogy, such asdesigning learning objectives and rubrics or discussing critical pedagogy and culturallyresponsive teaching. See Appendix A1 for an overview of weekly topics and learning objectives.Final Project: A final project allowed course participants to tie their conceptual understandingto practice [1]. Each participant chose a personally meaningful pedagogical project, such asmentoring a summer undergraduate student or preparing to instruct a future class and designed aplan for effectively and equitably carrying out their role utilizing skills learned in the course. SeeAppendix A3 for more details about the final

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

H. Bryan Riley, Clemson University

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Systems Engineering

course is centered onrealistic contractual conditions and project deliverables (i.e., medical ventilators) to a medicalsupplier, whereas the team is assumed to emulate a global automotive manufacturer. Theprojects are organized into student teams for realistic implementation and to meet a societalneed. The course underpins students with exposure to concepts of acquiring intellectualproperty, from the design of an embedded system including the human machine interface (HMI),to testing and validation. An in-depth study of assembly lines, lean manufacturing,determination of production capacity, sequential operations, and economic calculations arepresented. Students are presented with urgent societal needs and learn to address designrequirements and

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Jake Fava, Siebel Center for Design; Sneha Subramanian, Siebel Center for Design

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Design in Engineering Education

, students in ECE 110 attend a weeklythree-hour lab session, where they work on a series of guided projects exploring topics they’relearning in lecture using components in a personal required lab kit. In past semesters, the finalproject of the course has been an open-ended design project where students are encouraged tocreate something using the concepts learned throughout the course. However, curricularlimitations as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have forced the final project to bemore narrow in scope the past two semesters. ECE 110 was selected for this study since it is oneof the only courses in the curriculum that (normally) contains an open-ended design project, andalso because a large portion of the students in the course are first

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Angelique Bonilla; Daniel Charles Jones, California Polytechnic State University; Amanda Krysl; John S Seng, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

Undergraduate Students, Campus Engagement through Social Media, and Building Interest in STEMAbstractIn this paper, we describe the development of Herbie, a robot developed in our computer sciencedepartment. Herbie is an autonomous robot built using commercial off-the-shelf componentsthat navigates the halls of the computer science building using a camera-based approach. Therobot runs the ROS operating system and provides a good platform for robotics research. Herbietravels in our department to different waypoints in the building, stops for pedestrians, and drivesaround obstacles when necessary.In addition to using Herbie as a research platform, a growing part of the Herbie project hasbecome engagement of the campus community and

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Harrison Heinig; Kyle Hohman; Derek Ritterbusch; Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Tyler Joseph Horne

Northern University Ada, OH 45810 Ada, OH 45810 Ada, OH 45810 h-heinig.1@onu.edu k-hohman@onu.edu t-horne@onu.edu Derek Ritterbusch Stephany Coffman-Wolph Heath LeBlanc Computer Engineering ECCS Department ECCS Department Undergraduate Student Ohio Northern University Ohio Northern University Ohio Northern University Ada, OH 45810 Ada, OH 45810 Ada, OH 45810 s-coffman-wolph@onu.edu h-leblanc@onu.edu d-ritterbusch@onu.edu1. IntroductionThis paper will describe a senior capstone project to create a digital

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Steven Perri; M. Barclay Satterfield; Leah Burton

of what • Projects linked to national objectivestype of organization to partner Contract Research Organiza- • Market connected projects, ones utilizing unique capabilitieswith depends on how well the tionscompany’s needs are aligned Intermediaries (AKA technology • Grand challenges and areas where totally different thinkingwith the skills and capabilities match makers) is neededthe organization provides. Some Consultants • Cases where confidentiality precludes use of intermediariesof these partner types and provi- • Market

Conference Session

Sustainability and Environmental Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Achintya Bezbaruah, North Dakota State University; Wei Lin, North Dakota State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

from various nonprofit andgovernmental organizations including the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) are used. Various models used for environmental analysis and decision making areintroduced. The instructor’s knowledge gap is filled by inviting guest speakers to cover varioustopics. Students extensively use the Blackboard, a software system designed to facilitate themanagement of and access to educational information delivered via the Internet, for groupdiscussion and course materials transfer. A discussion forum is kept open on the courseBlackboard allowing students post course assessments anonymously as the course progresses.Student inputs are used to decide on the nature of assignments and projects. Two projects

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University

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Information Systems

limited space, equipment, and high-end computing resources. Weare using the laboratory for two hands-on courses and four research projects, and have found thatthe flexible and reconfigurable concepts we have embedded into the design of the laboratoryhave already proven their worth. In this paper, we describe our efforts in developing this lab, thechallenges we face, specific goals and objectives, and specific outcomes we have alreadyobserved in the process of developing and utilizing this lab. The results presented in this paperwill be useful and interesting to groups seeking to develop curriculum and research programs inhigh performance computing and cyberinfrastructure.1.0 IntroductionThe department of Computer and Information Technology in

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Instructional Strategies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

recognized as the key to an effective and efficient buildingoperating building. The process involved in the integration of a fire protection subsystem, alongwith additional MEP subsystems within a building is quite challenging, and can have a profoundimpact on the client’s satisfaction. This process becomes especially important once furthertechnological system integration within a proposed building is considered in addition to thepossibility of future system upgrades and their incorporation into the structure, as newertechnologies enter the market place. The objective of this paper is to discuss the project-basedlearning integrated with formal lectures approach in which the goal is the integration of safetyand fire protection measures into the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Leevones Dubose; Jean Newman; Cecil Ramage; Burke Johnson; Brenda Litchfield; Edmund Tsang

course by providing the context of teaching and learning design. The emphasis is on experientiallearning, and service is a by-product of the learning experience. At the University of South Alabama, ServiceLearning is implemented by a partnership between the SECME (Southeastern Consortium for Minorities inEngineering) program of the Mobile County Public School System in Mobile, Alabama and the MechanicalEngineering Department. First-year mechanical engineering students are formed into design teams, and eachteam is paired with two middle-school teachers serving as customers for the design projects. The design teamsdesign, produce and test an instructional module and manipulate(s) that promote a thematic approach tomathematics and science