Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fred Fontaine

objectives, forexample, the curriculum has long had no engineering laboratory courses- only project courses inwhich students work in teams on open-ended design problems, not rote experiments. Theseprojects course start in the freshman year and culminate in a year-long senior design project.Faculty work closely with the students, and encourage independent thinking and challengestudents to push themselves, to reach their full potential. The result is the professionaldevelopment of young project engineers who can both design and direct small groups ofdedicated professionals. The theory covered in courses is also rigorous, and students areprepared for and introduced to graduate level work while still in undergraduate school.The small size of the school

Conference Session

ChE Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ellen Ford; Keith Levien; Ellen Momsen; Willie (Skip) Rochefort

somethingdifferent about the engineering experience for female and male students.The gap in high school preparation in math and science between males and females is closing,but despite similar coursework, female students still lag significantly behind males inengineering. Margolis and Fisher (2002) speculate that the pre-college “tinkering” that is socommon amongst male pre-engineering students leads to a greater comfort level in collegecourses. Many female students do not have this “tinkering” experience, and develop a drop inself confidence in laboratory classes. According to McIlwee and Robinson (1992), by not sharingthe “culture of the tinkerer” the female students are placed at a disadvantage, and this furtherundermines their confidence in their

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nigel Middleton; Barbara Olds; Heidi Loshbaugh; Ruth Streveler

revised their engineering curricula. As the investigators described it,“this project will help continue our transformation from an institution focused onteaching to one focused on learning (emphasis original). Our emphasis on pedagogicaland process innovations will complement the newly created curricular programs so thatour entire academic culture will be transformed to one of continuous improvement of thelearning/teaching endeavor.” To this end, the grant would help fund development of newtexts, laboratory experiments, and both hardcopy and multimedia course materials.This paper discusses one aspect of the funding: enhancing faculty effectiveness byfunding mini-grants to develop, pilot, and implement new materials, procedures, andcourses within

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

, collaborative camaraderie as well asequipment and laboratory conduct policies may be foreign. Just locating simpleresources can be challenging. Overall, the new faculty member must acclimate quickly inorder to effectively communicate with fellow faculty and administrators on a daily basis.In this paper, the authors will discuss some of the unexpected experiences encountered attheir institutions with regard to teaching and research, then provide suggested courses ofaction on how to prevail.IntroductionThe common challenge facing almost every new faculty member is to get tenure. A newfaculty member is expected to teach at or above their institution’s average, do researchabove their institution’s average, and perform some level of service. Although

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

, faculty Page 10.720.2professional development, experiential learning, or laboratory activities are integrated Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Educationinto the BSC Center for Applied Research and Technology (CART) mission and visionand the overall goals of the college. Plans for evaluation of the project will be developedthrough the BSC assessment office and will be designed for the size and scope of theundertaking. The resulting assessment of our work would likely be useful to similarinstitutions. Based on our

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Zemke; Jennifer Beller; Donald Elger

difficult concepts in your course to a new learner. 3. Think of problems, puzzles, or questions you could ask students to address. 4. Give students raw data (such as lists, graphs, or tables) and ask them to write an argument or analysis based on the data.”Hesketh, Farrell, and Slater5 give a specific strategy for converting a laboratory exercise into acooperative task: “To convert a laboratory write-up to an inductive style the following should be done: 1. Handout a prelab given to peak the students’ interest. Have them hypothesize the trends in the data that will be collected. 2. The laboratory work should primarily consist of data collection and analysis using only graphical methods. 3

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alfred Carlson

Session # 3613 Making Memories The Penn State Bioprocessing Cluster Program 2000-2002 Alfred Carlson Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyAbstractAs part of a larger National Science Foundation grant to Penn State, I ran a special hands-on, “real life” educational program in bioprocessing for senior chemical engineers. Thestudents took all of their courses for the spring semester, senior year, from a singleinstructor and pooled them into a seamless laboratory project to produce a recombinantprotein at pilot plant scale. The students were able to learn how to design experiments,plan and execute runs, and operate a

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hochstein

of all teams focused directly on the undergraduate Page 9.123.4program. Experience with this mode of operation has resulted in some teams being subsumed by Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationothers while entirely new teams were been created to fill gaps in the original team structure. Thecurrent structure is composed of ten teams; Undergraduate Curriculum Improvement,Laboratory Improvement, Design in the Curriculum, Innovation in Teaching, Overall CurriculumContent, External Data

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

orientation to the university/college/majorsSoph. ME 201 – ThermodynamicsYear Student communication survey, refresher for past grammatical expertise Tools: MS Word, Email, WWWJunior ME 302 – Fluid Mechanics ME 371 – Machine Design IYear Laboratory Reports: (Approx. 9 @ 4-6 pages each) Short Technical Reporting Brief narrative of procedure, measured data, Design Analysis Reports (2 @ 4-6 pp. + App., deduced and analyzed data, plotted results with Individual); Technical Analysis, Economic discussion and conclusions. Analysis, Recommendation for Action

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

required if designs are to be successful. Structured laboratory experiences (eachstudent or group of students perform rigid and contrived experiments) require less facultyresources but do little to develop student design and project management skills [10][12]. A com-promise between the two approaches has been created by the author [2].The embedded systems design experience described in [2] strives to develop professional skillsthat will serve students well in their careers in addition to the “traditional” technical skills the stu-dent expect. Overarching goals of the experience are to expose the student to a realistic embeddedsystems design environment and to develop the student’s teamwork and lifelong learning skills.The design experience strives

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Denny Davis; Larry McKenzie; Kenneth Gentili

Western Michigan University Fred Gunnerson NucE/ME Idaho National Engineering and En vironmental Laboratory Kunle Harrison ME Tuskegee University Bob Hill ME Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Mary Hofle Engr Idaho State University Rick Hoover EE/CS Hewlett-Packard Company (Boise) Scott Huang GeolE University of Alaska Fairbanks Richard Jacobson EngSci/ME Idaho National Engineering and En vironmental Laboratory Andy Kline ChE Western Michigan University Bill Lasher ME Penn State University Erie Cesar

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Inside the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Engelken

and constraints must besimultaneously considered, for example, class size and average student intelligence, budget(particularly relevant to laboratory courses), textbook, etc. There will always be Page 8.262.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationdifferences of opinion with colleagues, superiors, and students regarding what’s best.Minor steady state errors will be chalked up to expediency, circumstances, and academicfreedom. The real test is how, over time, a NEE’s students do in higher-level courses

Conference Session

Experiences with the TTL Turbojet Engine

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Staci White; Paul Strykowski

with which the combustion analysis is performed depends on the level ofthe student conducting the SR-30 laboratory. For purposes here, the combustor has beenmodeled as a steady-state device having energy streams as indicated in Figure 2. 2 2 ma (h a +Va /2) (ma + mf )(h 3 +V3 /2) mf (LHVfuel ) ηcomb Figure 2. Simplified Thermodynamic Model of the Combustion ProcessThe turbine extracts the molecular kinetic energy, i.e. internal energy, from the products ofcombustion and converts it to shaft work. In developing power, the gas

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Losaw; Ann Anderson

motor sports programs as part of a Mechanical Engineeringcurriculum. Page 7.1271.1At Union College we have developed a racecar aerodynamics laboratory exercise that is used in ajunior year fluid mechanics course to teach students about the relationship between pressure and “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education ” Session 2166velocity as described by Bernoulli’s equation and about the

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

them to practice in acollaborative environment while prototyping a working toy. The learning environment combines(1) hands-on use of the Intranet for computer-based learning, (2) a team-based project toprototype a real product, (3) virtual design and assembly of the student-created toy using CAD,(4) realistic budgeting and design constraints, and (5) advanced prototyping techniques. The firstphase of the course focuses on learning advanced CAD tools using web-based learning software.Both the instructor and teaching assistants help students in the laboratory. The students design atoy conceptually as they become familiar with CAD tools. In the second phase, each groupdesigns a toy using a budget to buy standard parts such as motors and

Conference Session

Innovative Curricula and Outreach

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Hise; Jim Clark; Bryant Kiedrowski; Aaron Jennings

replenish consumables.While shopping, batteries were often observed in parking lots. This led to pavement surveyswhere littered batteries were collected and characterized. The results were startling. Over 2,000feral batteries were collected. Average surveys yielded 19 batteries, but there was considerablesite variability. Survey results are presented to illustrate the potential environmental significanceof consumer battery litter. The issue of urban battery litter raises several questions that can be answered by traditionallaboratory research. Results of work to measure battery deterioration rates and pollutant releaseproperties are also presented. However, battery litter also raises questions that cannot beanswered in the laboratory. Almost

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

guidelines on how toimprove their lecture/laboratory presentation. AT1 is shown in the appendix section. A chartfollows the survey form. And it shows the results for one of the faculty members of thedepartment. The faculty member analyses his/her data and share the results with the departmentchairperson. Through the review process, recommendations are given to improve the deliverymethods. The faculty member can compare the information obtained each semester to determineif the changes have produce improvement in the teaching technique.Assessment tool AT3 consist of a questionnaire given to students regarding course resourceallocation. Students provide input to the instructor about their interest to have more or less timespent in the course topics

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Humble; Michael Caylor

. In particular, our program requires a substantial commitmentof faculty expertise, laboratory resources, and funding. Nonetheless, overcoming these inherentchallenges enables substantial student learning to occur. Our experience is that both grouplearning and independent thinking are enhanced, and that the curriculum provides first-handexperience in the development of aerospace technology.IntroductionAn ongoing challenge in engineering education is to provide students with meaningful design Page 5.533.1projects that help them synthesize what they have learned in the classroom and to better preparethem for their future careers. The United States

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Mary Lidstrom; Kjell Nelson; Jeffrey Bonadio; David Stahl; Cynthia Atman

and 2) whether Anna Anderson was the missing Czarina. Despite thefact that the answer is already known, the students were required to master the concepts ofinheritance, DNA variation, genetic polymorphisms, DNA sequencing, and the polymerase chainreaction in order to support and explain their own conclusions. To provide hands-on experiencewith these techniques, this module also included a lab exercise wherein the students collectedsamples of their own DNA and performed a PCR reaction using primers commonly used inforensic analysis, giving them direct laboratory experience with PCR, gel electrophoresis, andstandard gel data analysis.Module 4: Osteogenesis Imperfecta – a point mutation that causes systemic disease. Thismodule was designed to

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Selmer Bringsjord; Paul Bello

Session 2793 Agent-Based Real-Time Pedagogy for Proof Construction Paul Bello and Selmer Bringsjord The Minds and Machines Laboratory Department of Cognitive Science Department of Computer Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY, USA 12180 bellop@cs.rpi.edu, selmer@rpi.eduThere is a disturbing paradox at the heart of contemporary American education: As thiseducation turns more and more “electronic,” we are

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Byron Newberry

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationrequired to have one formal meeting with the faculty, during which they submit and discussconceptual plans and specifications for their design, and discuss plans for implementation. Classsessions during Phase 1 are divided between formalized discussions of concepts related to thedesign process and informal sessions during which teams can meet, discuss their plans, and seekhelp from the faculty.The students perform the majority of the construction on their projects using tools available tothem in the junior design laboratory. This laboratory is a combination of workshop and office,with an assortment of hand tools, power tools, and workbenches, as well as with space for teamsto hold meetings

Conference Session

To Design and Conduct Experiments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain

potato gun to determine its chemical efficiency. The effects ofair-fuel ratio, barrel diameter, and barrel length were explored. Each of the groups faced manyproblems and challenges in achieving their objectives. The problems, the innovative solutions,and the surprising results of both projects are discussed. The benefits seen in ME 4731 ofallowing students to choose their own projects are also briefly discussed.IntroductionThe undergraduate laboratory sequence in mechanical engineering at Mississippi StateUniversity consists of ME 3701—Experimental Orientation, ME 4721—ExperimentalTechniques I, and ME 4731—Experimental Techniques II. Each of the laboratories is worth onehour of credit. In ME 3701, students study engineering measurements

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Wilson

last5 years. Although the department has speculated about reasons for this discrepancy, includingthe emphasis on manufacturing and laboratory courses, no formal study has been conducted toinvestigate this hypothesis. The department therefore decided to gather information to helpunderstand why the female enrollment is low.Initial efforts focused on gathering available data regarding the enrollment and retention offemale students in the IE program. Surprisingly, the data was not readily available and certaintypes of retention information are kept for no more than two years. Although manual sorting andinspection provided some information, the college does not track data at the departmental levelby gender. Except for participation in a national

Conference Session

Research and Models for Professional Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Chris Jurado, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identified. We grouped the teachers’ responses to this question byinteractions: student- student, teacher-student, and student- technology.Thirty-three teachers mentioned students conducting science investigations, groups engaging inproblem solving activities, students having group discussions, students involved in role playing,and students building models or diagrams as examples of student-student interactions. Forinstance, Julia described how she conducts her science class with her third grade students. Sheasks students to work with partners in conducting experiments and writing laboratory reports,“…Science lab, which is what I teach, and it’s special. So, it’s forty minutes a week for half theyear. They come and we do the hands on activities, so

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Karen A. High, Oklahoma State University; Michael W. Keller, University of Tulsa; Ian M. White, University of Maryland; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Jeremy S. Daily P.E., University of Tulsa; R. Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Wolk, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teacher Award (2004) and the CASE Ohio Professor of the Year Award (2005).Dr. Karen A. High, Oklahoma State UniversityDr. Michael W. Keller, University of TulsaDr. Ian M. White, University of Maryland Ian White is an Assistant Professor in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland. White received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2002. He worked at Sprint’s Advanced Technology Laboratories from 2002 to 2005. He then served as a post- doctoral fellow at the University of Missouri until 2008 before becoming a faculty member at the Univer- sity of Maryland.Prof. Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa Bradley Brummel is

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Cecilia Contreras Aguirre, New Mexico State University; Patricia Nicole Delgado, New Mexico State University; Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

put together tocontrol the flight of a real-time aerial robotic system – the Bebop quad rotorcraft manufacturedby the company Parrot. Students’ time in the laboratory is intentionally overlapped to increaseinteraction and foster community. In the second half of the year, students are divided into teamsto develop specific projects such as vision-based object detection and obstacle avoidance. Thefocus is to replicate in a controlled laboratory environment, real-world missions like flightsurveillance operations. Students schedule their laboratory times based on their team members’availability.While in the program, students also develop other skills such as 1) interpersonal abilities throughopportunities to engage with their fellow cohorts and

Conference Session

Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cody Prince, East Tennessee State University; PAMELA MIMS, East Tennessee State University; Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University; Eric Jorgenson, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

and Nashville,each home to major research medical centers and several bio-based firms operating in thepharmacological, healthcare, and non-healthcare-related segments. According to data publishedby industry groups in 2022, Tennessee’s bioscience industry has been on an upward trajectorysince 2018 [18]. Although the bioeconomy is not as well represented in the AppalachianHighlands, several medium-sized firms are located in the area. A key partner in our efforts isCrown Laboratories, a skincare-focused company, which recently launched a major product lineutilizing engineered bacteria as the essential component of the product. Although not typicallyplaced in the same category as other bioscience technologies, the fermentation, brewing

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Lisa Lao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; LAY POH TAN

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

has included some laboratory courses, these experiments were run largely as equipment demonstrations and/or operations. The design of experiments (DOE) concept was absent and students were merely acting as operators. Thus, the older laboratory courses were retired and/or integrated as laboratory demos during tutorial classes of relevant core courses. New laboratory courses ought to be designed where students are trained to perform their own Design of Experiments (DOE). In one of the new laboratory courses proposed, students are required to prepare their own samples, identify the types of testing and characterisations required, plan their own experimental flow/sequence, choose appropriate machines/equipment for testing and

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Ashley J Earle, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

MATLAB 4 Controls Y PID controls, various sensors MATLAB 4 Sustainability N Motors, voltage sensors2. Arduinos in an Instrumentation Laboratory Course The first course to consistently rely heavily on the Arduino microprocessors was aninstrumentation laboratory course. Prior to 2020, the instrumentation class had used Labview tocomplete activities using different sensors provided by National Instruments. The courseconsisted of students completing lab activities each week evaluating the performance of onesensor, and then