Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University; Stephen Keith Holland, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #8583Examining water quality in the Chesapeake Bay: A hands-on sustainabilityactivity for 5th to 7th gradersDr. Bradley A. Striebig, James Madison University Dr. Striebig is a founding faculty member and first full professor in the Department of Engineering at James Madison University. Dr. Striebig came to the JMU School of from Gonzaga University where he developed the WATER program in cooperation with other faculty members. Dr. Striebig is also the former Head of the Environmental Technology Group at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory. In addition to Dr’ Striebig’s engineering work, he is also a published

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

synchronous and asynchronous operation. 9. Use modern computer tools for digital design/verification using VHDL. 10. Understand the characteristics of modern programmable logic devicesCurriculum Modules:Hands-on learning is infused into a sequence of instructional modules, each module has anassociated laboratory exercise to enforce the learning experience of students. The curriculum iscomposed of eight modules to allow students to pick and choose components to match his/or herlearning needs. All of the laboratory exercises are conducted using The Altera® Development andEducation (DE2) board [10] which provides an ideal vehicle for learning about digital logic,computer organization, and FPGAs. The following is a description of each module

Conference Session

Construction Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ifte Choudhury, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

number of 35 sites, 7 each from five climaticzones in the United States, were randomly selected for the study. The data for heatingand cooling degree days was collected from published sources. Energy cost savingsestimates for BIPV roofing at 35 different locations were done using a simulation modeldeveloped by National Renewable Energy Laboratory. A general linear model was usedto find out the effect of heating degree days, cooling degree days, and location of thebuildings on energy cost savings.The results of the analysis indicate that energy cost savings for residential buildingsusing BIPV roof tiles are affected by heating degree days and location of a building.Cooling degree days did have any relationship with energy cost savings.Key words

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

ratheran introduction to project management and spreadsheets as an Engineering design tool. The classhas a very strong hands-on component using Microsoft Excel and MS Project. The students arethen required to use both tools in their later courses, particularly in their laboratory courses andplanning/tracking of the Capstone Design course. These students also take a Technical Writingcourse from the English Department to prepare them for report writing.We use several assignments of increasing difficulty to expose the students to Excel as a designtool and Project to organize and track a project. The quarter culminates with small teams ofstudents using both tools to design, plan, and track a virtual project of their choice such asstarting a small

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Jason Blough, Michigan Technological University; James P. De Clerck, Michigan Technological University; William J. Endres, Michigan Technological University; Scott A. Miers, Michigan Technological University; Ibrahim Miskioglu, Michigan Technological University; Gregory M. Odegard, Michigan Technological University; Charles D. Van Karsen, Michigan Technological University; Paul J. Van Susante, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

integrate a number of content threads in the second and third years: application of core course concepts; programming, modeling, and simulation; laboratory skills including instrumentation, measurement, data acquisition, data analysis and experiment design; structured design process; making and tinkering; communication. 2. It reduces the number of core courses and increases the number of technical electives.Table 2 summarizes the change in the credit distribution. “Practice” in the old curriculumconsisted of four laboratory courses (5 credits) and a junior level engineering design processcourse (3 credits). The new curriculum replaces these with a sequence of four courses that spanthe 2nd and 3rd years. In the ME core, the

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Jeffrey N. Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

derived from a graduate-level course inmechatronics that both authors have taught separately for Purdue University’s School ofMechanical Engineering (Purdue). The authors share a doctoral advisor, who developed theoriginal course at Purdue. As colleagues in both research and teaching, the authors have engagedin frequent collaboration regarding instruction in mechatronic design. While the pairing of asmall, private university with a large, public university is unusual in regards to studentpopulations, the authors used common lecture materials and laboratory experiments to minimizedifferences in student populations. Differences in student response to the PBL implementationare expected and further work will be needed to analyze those differences.An

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Kamali, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, the manufactureris responsible for the type approval of the sold system. If the system is custom made or ismanufactured in a university laboratory, the specifications should be extracted or measured usinghigh precision tools. Most manufacturers and universities outsource them. Average cost of thetest is around 6000 $ and makes these measurements expensive. The required system data arealready covered in most Communications System and Circuits courses2020,21.Some of these technical characteristics such as protection ratios and power spectral densities canmake significant effect on interference level and propagation model. Among device data, antennahas an important effect. To provide this data, frequency users should learn the fundamental of

Conference Session

ECE Distance Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Phyllis R. Nelson, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Shailesh Sujanani, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jolly Kuo, Cal Poly Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

these key circuit analysis concepts at any time during their academic career.We intend to improve learning and retention by providing engaging interactive online resourcessuch as lectures notes, examples, simulations, and practice problems. These learning materialsare completely online to help beginning electrical engineering students learn, and they can alsobe accessed by students in subsequent courses to refresh their knowledge of these topics at anytime.IntroductionStudents in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) receive instruction in both lecture andlaboratory settings. Laboratory exercises offer students immersive experiences designed toencourage problem solving skills in a real-world environment. Through observation, the ECEfaculty

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Michael Brennan

Tagged Divisions

Materials

engineering student, with background in mechanics of materials,materials science, and basic laboratory techniques, a project based on the strategy of materialsselection developed in the work and texts of Michael Ashby will be shown to mesh with theacademic outcomes required of the senior project course itself. The student work, highlighted inthe blue shaded boxes, will show the design process of an all–mountain ski. The design work andadvisor insight will be discussed in parallel as the facilitation of the one-semester project for anindividual student is as important as the advisor’s ability to provide guidance and assess that thecourse outcomes are met.As you begin your discussion with your student, be sure they do have some ‘expertise’ in thearea

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donal James Boyd; Jared Snell, WPI; Lucas J Brutvan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #7252A Computer-Controlled Biodiesel ExperimentDr. William M. Clark, Worcester Polytechnic Institute William Clark is an associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds a B.S. from Clemson University and a Ph.D. from Rice University, both in Chemical Engineering. He has taught thermodynamics, separation processes, and unit operations laboratory for over 25 years. In addition to research efforts in teaching and learning, he has conducted disciplinary research in separation processes.Mr. Nicholas Janeiro Medeiros, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteDonal James

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ram Mohan; Narayan Radhakrishnan; Guoqing Tang; Kenneth Murray; Ajit Kelkar

study scientific or engineering problems.CSE has emerged as a powerful and indispensable method to analyze a variety of problems inresearch, production and process development, and manufacturing. Computational modeling andsimulation is being accepted as a third methodology in scientific discovery processing andengineering design, complementing the traditional approaches of theory and experiment. Manyexperiments and investigations that have traditionally been performed in a laboratory or the fieldare being augmented or replaced by computational modeling and simulation. Examples includeweather and climate modeling 1, fossil fuel combustion simulation 2, engine and vehicle design 3,materials development 4, aircraft design 5, electronic design

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

without the support andpartnership of corporate and federal partners who have participated in the past and currently:Bechtel Corporation, the Boeing company, EE Just, the Environmental Protection Agency, Ernst& Young, Fluor Hanford Inc., the Ford Motor company, IBM, Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the National Science Foundation (NSF),Sandia National Laboratories, Shell, Siemens and Westinghouse Hanford company. The Collegeof Engineering and its departments have also contributed funding, and faculty have mentoredmany students. NSF’s Alliance for Minority Participation funding has been critical to thecontinuity of this program. Costs for the program are given in the following table

Conference Session

BME Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yu Song; Niranjan Chakravarthy; Leon Iasemidis; Andreas Spanias

. Introduction Research in genomics is expected to provide information that will lead to the preventionand cure of many diseases. Recent findings on DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) sequences andmicroarrays provide great promise in this direction. Bioinformatics research involvescontribution from a number of allied fields such as genetics, statistics, signal processing etc.Consequently, it is necessary to develop educational tools to introduce these concepts toundergraduates. ASU researchers developed an exemplary laboratory tool for use inundergraduate courses such as Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Bioinformatics, to introducestudents to recent research trends in genomic signal processing. In conjunction with thepreviously developed J-DSP

Conference Session

Innovations in Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Dwan; Robert DeMoyer; Carl Wick; George Piper

circuit needed to make the thermistor voltage range compatible with theembedded computer A/D converter. The software aspect is the development of the Ccode within the embedded control computer that makes the computer act as a thermostat.A relay to switch the hair dryer is provided. In summary, the Introduction to Systems Engineering course provides thestudents with theoretical, computational, and simulation tools that will be of usethroughout their major. The laboratory exercises are designed as a preview of simulationand control, and are done in such a way to provide a positive and useful experience at astage in their major when the theoretical basis for what is being done is not fullydeveloped.SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CORE COURSES

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Scott

distances from the airsource provide for Reynolds number variations. Experiments and test objects are described fortransient heating and cooling of spheres and free and forced convection from a heated disc. Theeffects of free stream turbulence on forced convection can also be demonstrated. A web site isgiven from which the manuals and details of the rig may be obtained.IntroductionExperiments to illustrate the phenomena of forced and free convection are a very important partof engineering heat transfer courses. The need for such laboratory work is increasingly importantas more of our students arrive with little or no practical experience.Several commercial equipment rigs may be purchased for external free and forced convectiondemonstrations. While

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

engineering; Lightner, Carlson,Sullivan, Brandenmuehl & Reitsma (2000)17, the concept of a living laboratory in Colorado; andWesterberg & Subrahmanian (2000)43, product design.D. Senior year: Capstone Design courses. These courses are offered toward the end of theundergraduate career of students to allow them to integrate what they have learned. Typically,they solve a practical problem that is both substantial and relevant. Capstone design courses aretaught in a wide variety of approaches. Two sample references to capstone designs are: a casestudy in which senior designs were supervised and evaluated by practicing engineers at theuniversity of Oklahoma (Knox, Sabatini, Hughes, Lambert, & Ketner, 1998)16; and Capstonedesign courses in the

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanourios Chalkiadakis

the operation of software packages that most likely they will have touse after they join the workforce. In that spirit, the Department of Industrial Technology hassupported the efforts of the EIET faculty for curriculum development with significant classroomrenovations, installation of new multimedia equipment and purchase of laboratory apparatus,including hardware and software tools.Due to the intensity of the program, a substantial portion of the classroom projects that requirethe use of advanced software is assigned mostly to senior and graduate students in the form ofindependent studies, and/or final projects. In addition the authors use frequently these software

Conference Session

Nontechnical Skills for Engineering Technology Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George Zion; Ronald Fulle; Carol Richardson

Tech II 4 ------- Liberal Arts: Core 4 0618-303 Microcomputers 4 0609-203 Electronics I 4 1017-211 College Physics I 3 1017-271 College Physics I Laboratory 1 ------- Liberal Arts: Core 4 0618-339 Microcontrollers 4 0609-361

Conference Session

Design And Manufacturing Experiences I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Nadir; Peter Young; Il Yong Kim; Olivier de Weck; David Wallace

testing in the laboratory to verify the validity of the predictions as well as requirementscompliance.The second phase takes the Phase 1 manual design as an input and improves the solution viadesign optimization. In effect, the earlier manual solution is used as an initial condition for thedesign optimization step. This is what ties Phases 1 and 2 together. The students conduct designoptimization using either commercial or faculty-provided software. The optimum solutionobtained is modeled as a CAD model, and again computer numerically controlled (CNC)equipment is used to fabricate the improved component. The optimized component is comparedwith the hand-designed one, and conclusions are drawn.The course concludes with student presentations

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

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

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Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Lin; Harold Broberg

wireless networking. Also required are hands-on laboratories that can beused by students for programming, development, and configuration of networks usingdifferent operating systems and hardware configurations. Similar programs, in Indianaand nationwide, are compared and contrasted. Also discussed are national, regional, andstate demand and employment factors that provided justification for the new degree.BackgroundIndiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne1 (IPFW) offers over 175 degree programs, islocated in the 2nd largest city, and is the 5th largest university in Indiana. The newBachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Technology (CPET) degree, which wasapproved by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education in October 2003, has aninitial

Conference Session

TC2K and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

were 37 students enrolled in the on-campussection of the course and 5 students enrolled in the online section.The course delivery method for the on-campus section consists of four 50-minute lectures eachweek for ten weeks and includes weekly homework assignments carried out in groups of fourstudents. Each student is required to complete every assignment individually before meeting withtheir group to decide on the best solution that will be submitted. To enable students acquire somehands-on learning experience, a group structural analysis laboratory project using the ANEXsmall-scale laboratory is also assigned. The main text used in the course is a 230-page set ofconcise and practice-oriented course notes developed by the author. This is

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozlem Arisoy; Larry Shuman; Katherine Thomes; Bopaya Bidanda

traditional classroom settingwith classes held everyday at sea, it is the various ports of call that provide the “laboratories”(field component) from which approximately 20% of the credit earned for a course is fulfilled.The integration of classroom and international fieldwork enables Semester at Sea to provide alearning environment unattainable on a traditional land campus. The challenge to engineeringeducation is to find a way to make this laboratory experience valuable and relevant to thecoursework.The authors responded to this challenge by organizing a program directed at engineering andbusiness students interested in manufacturing and operations management issues. From anengineering perspective, the idea would be to adapt “land-based” ABET

Conference Session

Interactive Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Luke Campagnola; Frank Kowalski

tabulation of simple multiple-choice data, to that which includes equations, graphs, and short answers. Furthermore, wecombine this technology with technological innovations in the content enhancement category,perhaps best illustrated by the development of applets. The number of available applets continuesto increase while the conceptual level is diverse, typically covering high school to advancedundergraduate courses in science and engineering. These content-rich applets are appropriate inboth the laboratory and classroom settings.This combination of student-directed content enhancement and real-time feedback allows moremeaningful active learning and a novel, sophisticated level of classroom communication.Instructors receive real-time feedback to

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

; Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”References1. Some fundamental topics in introductory circuit analysis: a critique;Davis, A.M.; Education, IEEE Transactions on , Volume: 43 , Issue: 3 , Aug. 2000Pages:330 3352. A new design-oriented laboratory for the introductory circuits core course at Penn StateUniversity; Mayer, T.S.; Medunick, J.R.; Chunyu Zhang; Jackson, T.N.; Frontiers in EducationConference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'.Proceedings. , Volume: 1 , 5-8 Nov. 1997 Pages:506 - 510 vol.13. Laboratories for introductory circuits and electronics; Takach, M.D.; Heeren, R.G.; Frontiersin Education Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 , Volume: 2 , 1-4 Nov. 1995 Pages

Conference Session

New Approaches & Techniques in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xianfgu Zong; Marcia Fischer; Malgorzata Chranowska-Jeske; James Morris; Fu Li; Cynthia Brown; Agnes Hoffman

. Facilities include classrooms, computer laboratories, faculty and staff offices,and dormitory facilities for students. ECE laboratory facilities are provided by FudanUniversity. IIIST currently enrolls about 200 freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors inComputer Science (CS) and about 70 ECE freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Theundergraduate students at IIIST are primarily full-time students, who are recruited directlyfrom high school.PSUPortland State University has its roots in the G.I. Bill, and has since developed into avibrant urban university, with a mission of service to the city. In recent years PSU hasbecome the largest university in Oregon. The University has been nationally recognizedfor its innovative undergraduate curriculum

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

different backgrounds, different technical skills and different capabilities will havesome input to its formulation, from management to engineering to manufacturing. Thus, it onlymakes sense that this interdisciplinary viewpoint percolate down to the activities of academia.To understand our perspective, one must have some idea of the environment in which ouractivities are embedded. As a small, regional site of Purdue University, resources, whether theybe financial, personnel or laboratory-related, are limited. Since access to resources constrains thetypes of projects that can be undertaken, the resource limitations of the site constrain the types ofprojects that can be addressed. Probably the most important constraint that limits our activities

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Karimi; Dan Dimitriu

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationstudent’s preparation for future engineering practice. The course format is a three-hour lecturewith one-hour laboratory/recitation. The laboratory/recitation hour is limited to a smallenrollment (25) that allows student/instructor interaction in problem-solving techniques. Thetotal enrollment ranges between 250 and 275 students in Fall semester and 120-150 students inSpring semester. The enrollment during the summer session is around 50 students.The first part of the course is used to advise students in proper course selection and preparestudents for college life. Students are introduced to basic tools of survival in engineeringprograms. Topics include study skills, time management

Conference Session

Web Education II: Hardware/Examples

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Heresh Shahani; Harish Pallila; Musoke Sendaula; Saroj Biswas

Society for Engineering Education”in the form of live discussions, chat, or through whiteboard applications has been introduced insome cases, which however require that the instructor or fellow students remain online. Webbased interactive laboratory experiments have also been developed for electrical circuits,electronics, fluid mechanics, and control systems courses.The primary focus of this paper is the development of an interactive tutoring system that hassome level of intelligence as a human tutor. A human tutor will try to determine whatdeficiencies a student might have, will keep track of when the student stumbles in solving aproblem, and will suggest additional support material for review. In addition, the tutor is alsolikely to coordinate

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Zia; Roger Seals

April 14, 2004. For further information prospective proposers are encouraged to visithttp://www.ehr.nsf.gov/due/programs/nsdl/.Implications for engineering educationNSDL will differ from the physical library in at least three ways. First, the variety of contentitself (most of it “born digital”) will be far greater in NSDL than in the physical world, e.g.virtual laboratory modules, simulations or animations, and multimedia in general. Second, theinteractions the user can have with material are far richer. For example, the ability to executerapid searches across multiple collections; or the ability to pull disparate smaller grainedresources from different collections and assemble them to create something new, which can thenbe contributed back to