Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Cavicchi, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2008-3: INTEGRATION OF PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERPROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE INTO CONTROL SYSTEMS COURSESThomas Cavicchi, Grove City College Thomas J. Cavicchi received the B. S. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, in 1982, and the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Grove City College, Grove City, PA, where he teaches year-long courses on digital communication systems, digital and analog control systems, and the senior labs (including co-teaching the senior capstone design projects). He also has recently taught

Conference Session

Preventing Marginalization of Underrepresented Students on Teams

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College Park; Patricia F. Mead; Stephanie Adams

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

2006-2451: HOW TO PREVENT MARGINALIZATION OFUNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT POPULATION MEMBERS ONENGINEERING STUDENT TEAMSPaige Smith, University of Maryland-College Park PAIGE E. SMITH, Ph.D., Director of the Women in Engineering Program, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland. Dr. Smith has received several grants in the area of team behavior and improving team environments for members of underrepresented student populations in engineering. She provides leadership in recruiting and retaining female engineering students for the college. Her current research focuses on engineering design teams and project management.Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland-College ParkPatricia

Conference Session

Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Braun, California Polytechnic State University; Emmit B. Evans, California Polytechnic State University; Randall Knight, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas Ruehr, California Polytechnic State University

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Environmental Engineering

-technical points of view using multimedia presentations by faculty from various areas of expertiseand having the students complete a series of reading and writing assignments. The activity portionof the course brings together students from various disciplines in a term project applying problemdevelopment and analysis to improve real environmental situations. For the project, studentsselect one global environmental issue and a local manifestation of this issue; analyze relevantresources; develop technical recommendations to address the issue at the local level; perform aneconomic analysis to estimate costs and benefits of implementing the technical recommendations;and develop political recommendations regarding strategies necessary to implement the

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

pedagogies has beenidentified in the research literature and national standards documents. Two design and problem-solving instructional approaches were explored in this study: the DEAL method(Define/Explore/Anticipate/Look back) and the choice-based approach, a nonlinear, student-driven method. Creative outcomes resulting from student projects developed under DEAL andchoice-based conditions were measured and compared in this study involving 132 middle schoolstudents. Seventy-two student projects were developed using video game design software, thirty-six for each instructional method. They were completed with students opting to work alone or inpairs. The Consensual Assessment Technique was then employed using seven adult raters tocompare outcomes of

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

integrating sensors,and data acquisition hardware and software; and experiment-design project implementation andreporting experience. This paper presents the course format including the typical content,laboratory setup and experiences, and student-initiated experiment-design project details.Course-embedded assessment data supporting the course objectives and associated studentoutcomes are also reported.IntroductionThe ability to conduct and design experiments is rated as one of the most desirable technicalskills of engineering and engineering technology graduates1. Specifically, the referenced surveyindicates that employers want graduates with a working knowledge of data acquisition, analysisand interpretation, and an ability to formulate a range of

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

Session 1430 Engineering Students and Training in Teamwork: How Effective? Linda Schmidt, Janet Schmidt University of Maryland Carol Colbeck Pennsylvania State University David Bigio, Paige Smith, and Lee Harper University of MarylandAbstractThe motivating principle of the BESTEAMS (Building Engineering Student Team Effectivenessand Management Systems) project is to create a modular student team training program that canbe integrated into any

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Elizabeth S. Hildinger, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

College of Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a Ph.D. in old english philology and Anglo-Latin from the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto and an M.A. in linguistics from the University of Texas. Before joining the staff of the Program in Technical Communication, she worked as a Research Scientist on the University of Michigan’s Middle English Dictionary Project and as an Assistant Professor of En- glish at Indiana State University. She is interested in rhetorical grammar and in the special concerns of engineering students writing in English as a second language. Page

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1268: LIVING WITH THE LAB: SUSTAINABLE LAB EXPERIENCESFOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSKelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech UniversityDavid Hall, Louisiana Tech UniversityPatricia Brackin, Southeast Missouri State University Page 15.846.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Living With the Lab: Sustainable Lab Experiences for Freshman Engineering StudentsAbstractIn the United States, a movement toward project-based freshman engineering curricula began inthe 1990’s due in large part to the National Science Foundation’s Engineering EducationCoalitions. This movement continues at Universities across the country. At Louisiana

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Marsocci; P.K. Raju; Chetan Sankar

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Educational Methods for Design Courses: Functional DormitoriesAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to describe a student-led international engineering project that isboth exciting and educational. The challenge with this project is to reach the proper balance ofstudent-led creativity and learning, collection of data, adequate expert review, and transfer ofknowledge to other students. This paper details an international student project that was thendocumented as a case study. After providing a synopsis of the example case study, a suggestedstructure for developing such a case study is provided with references to the example. This canhelp guide a faculty member design such a project in the future. A suggested classroom

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Mater; Debra Banks; Mary Anderson-Rowland

Session 1692 METS Pilot Program: A Community College/University Collaboration to Recruit Underrepresented Minority Students into Engineering Mary R. Anderson-Rowland1, Mary I. Vanis2, Debra L. Banks1, Bassam Mater2, Donna M. Zerby1, and Elizabeth Chain2 Arizona State University1/Maricopa Community Colleges2AbstractMaricopa Engineering Transition Scholars (METS), funded by NSF, is a collaborative projectbetween Arizona State University and five Maricopa Community Colleges. The project aims toincrease the recruitment and retention from untapped labor pools in community colleges intouniversity engineering

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha Cyr; Lacey Prouty; Erik Rushton

engineering challenge of creating a clean, safewater supply touches on a myriad of topics appropriate at various grade levels, for example:scientific concepts including states of matter, material chemical and physical properties, lifescience, and data collection; mathematical concepts involving scale comparing contaminantversus water quantity; social studies identifying anthropological issues regarding water need,use, and social responsibility; as well as the obviously related engineering concepts. This type ofactivity or project can be varied alternately to introduce or reinforce classroom content (or evenin enrichment activities), according to classroom need or teacher intent.However, are there parameters with which to define this idea of “real

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

and Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 1/99 8/00 Project Engineer, MWH-Boda Environmental Engineering Group, Beijing, China 7/92 1/99 Structural Engineer, Wuzhou Engineering Services, Beijing, ChinaG. Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Associate Chair and Associate Professor Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management Program Department of Engineering Technology University of North Carolina at Charlotte Page 22.818.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Implementing

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Darling Urban, Texas Tech University; Joseph E Urban, Texas Tech University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University; William M. Marcy P.E., Texas Tech University; Patrick E. Patterson, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 25.1346.2 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Software and Systems Engineering Masters Program at Texas Tech University: A Computer Science and Industrial Engineering Collaborative Effort1. IntroductionIn several recent reports, software engineering has been identified as one of the best occupationsin the job market1. Software engineering is a knowledge-intensive occupation, requiringcomputing professionals with skills that span from requirements elicitation, to software designand implementation, as well as testing, verification, and validation. Software engineers must alsohave project management and teaming skills coupled with sensitivity to the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mihir K. Das

Evaluation Methods Objective 1: PC 1.1 The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Improvement topics. (Evaluation methods: Exams, project work, class work and written exercises) PC 1.2 The student will demonstrate an ability to articulate and apply the TQM and Continuous Improvement concepts. (Evaluation methods: Examinations, project work, class work and written exercises) Objective 2: PC 2.1 The student will demonstrate a basic knowledge of TQM tools and Continuous

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pemberton Cyrus, Dalhousie University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

substantial body of research into the PBL methods,many engineering faculty continue to come to the model reluctantly. In an effort to give moreweight to the benefits of PBL teaching within the Dalhousie University experience, DalhousieUniversity is eager to assess and evaluate the impact of PBL additions to the curriculum..Motivated by new accreditation rules that will take effect in 2012, the first group of studentsentering Dalhousie University engineering program will encounter a core PBL design course ineach semester of their first two years, as well as a capstone design project in their final year.Thus, we are moving from a “bookend” design experience—having PBL courses in the first andfinal years of the program—to a three-year PBL design

Conference Session

Hardware Applications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa N. Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jose M. Santos, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Aaron Joseph Mills, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

controls R&D and manufacturing. She has used her indus- try background to foster industrial partnerships at the University, and to develop courses and supervise students in projects that support educational robotics.Mr. Jose M. Santos, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Mr. Santos is an undergraduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Omaha Campus) where he’s currently earning a double-major in Computer Engineering and Mathematics. He also holds a Bach- elor’s Science degree in Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) from DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University). He is the creator and lead software architect of the CEENBoT-API (Application Programming Interface) presently in use in various

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Titus, Purdue University ; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

National Academy of Engineering‟s (NAE) 2004 report, TheEngineer of 20201, several aspects of the future of engineering have been undeniable. The worldpopulation is changing in mostly known ways and changing with it are the kinds of stakeholderneeds typically addressed by engineers. Government studies project population worldwide toincrease from 6 billion currently to 9 or 10 billion within the lifetimes of today‟s beginningengineers1 and this massive increase will bring with it more than the challenges of sheer volume.The demographic diversity of the global population is changing just as radically. To give oneexample, according to a US Census Bureau study, “If current trends continue . . . the percentageof whites will decline from the 2000 value

Conference Session

Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

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International

thatrequire redesign or development of a device that will enhance the quality of life of the local area.The students then work on modifying or designing the device using local materials and inputfrom the local community. Some examples of projects undertaken include development of ahuman powered grain crusher and a tree climber. The grain crusher being designed at RowanUniversity has undergone many revisions to make it more affordable and sustainable based onpilot studies and end-user feedback. It can be powered easily by a single person and thereforecan utilize human energy for crushing grains efficiently. The second project currently inprogress is a palm tree climber. The tree climber will provide a safer alternative to the traditionalclimbing

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

TaskForce Engineer-Leaders Project. The Project concerns the deliberate advancement of professionalgraduate engineering education relevant to the needs of creative engineering practice in industry toenhance U.S. technological innovation and competitiveness. The strength of the innovation and leadershipcapacity of America’s professional engineering base in our civilian, aerospace, and defense industries is acritical asset in our global economic recovery. As with other learned professions, there are progressiveskill sets and actions that must be learned or developed at the advanced levels of the practice ofengineering. This series of papers addresses the skills continuum in three main parts: a) Part I addressesthe Direct Leadership Skills and Actions

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Rowland, Dept. of Civil & Mechanical Engineerint at United States Military Academy; Andrew Bellocchio, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Tangible Aircraft DesignAbstract Implementation of an undergraduate aircraft design curriculum in a short aeronauticalengineering course sequence can be challenging. Ideally, students need to be taught fundamentalaircraft design material in a way that can easily be transitioned to a hands-on design project. Theproject should be both interesting and fun but also try to cover the entire design process from aconceptual standpoint to the preliminary design phase and finally expose them to the detailedmanufacturing of a prototype for testing. As is often the case, time and resources are limited andmuch of the hands-on engineering education experience so valuable to a student is hard toachieve. While many

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE); Corrinne Shaw, University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE)

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

formal settings and the workplace. Page 22.1724.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 “Wearing that hard hat and those boots and being there with all the dust”: Students’ conceptions of becoming a Civil Engineer.This paper reports on a phenomenographic study describing how students conceive of civilengineering through their engagement with six projects on a first year introductoryengineering course. In the simplest of four phenomenographic categories students don’tengage with becoming an engineer at all. They tend to see the course

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2010-2255: EXTROVERT: SYSTEM FOR LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINESNarayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering.Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology Associate Professor, Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering. Page 15.572.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 EXTROVERT: SYSTEM FOR LEARNING ACROSS DISCIPLINES ABSTRACTThe EXTROVERT project builds resources to enable engineers to solve problems cutting acrossdisciplines. The approach is to enable learners to gain confidence with the process of

Conference Session

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Yongming Tang, Southeast University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

lectures on campus describing recent technology developments. The students who attendmust write a report on the lecture to receive credit.With some instructions on SRTP by faculty members, more than 60% of SRTP projects nowpass the final check, with about 15% regarded as excellent. Most of the contests inside SEU haveno supervisors. Only less than 20% of applicants in design contests can get awards, which result Page 17.9.3in credits. On average, students can get about 1~2 credits for successfully completing eachSRTP and about 0.5~1.5 credits for each contest and 0.3~0.5 credits for each lecture report.SEU School of Electronic Sciences and

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel Pando P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Michael Adam Hoff, UNC Charlotte

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

engineeringstudents to travel and to participate in service projects centered on international development.The club grew rapidly in membership and established relationships with a university in Peru aswell as an Andean community near Cuzco, Peru. This community has twice been the destinationof ISC students during summer trips. Although student interest in the program has been highbecause of its social, adventure and altruistic components, undertaking it as a university entityrequires justification from a student development standpoint. There are many venues throughwhich young travelers might make overseas excursions and engage in community service,however, students participating through a university would be expected to develop knowledgeand skills in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Collins; Lisa Huettel

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationPrior to the implementation of our new laboratory in Fall 2004, Duke ECE undergraduatesreceived instruction in DSP principles within two courses. In the required sophomore-levelSignals and Systems course (ECE 64), students learn about introductory signal processingconcepts like frequency domain representation, sampling, and modulation. Complementing theprimary lecture instruction are several student projects, including a music synthesis exercise thatrequires students to use MATLAB (Mathworks, Inc.) to generate a musical selection of theirchoice. When creating their musical excerpts, all students learn the basic concepts of signalgeneration and manipulation, sampling, and frequency

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

George Kitamura; Kristin Milam; Elvin Hii; Chris Kniffin; Alexander Graves; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

engineers. Overall, the skills developed through the project will allow eachteam member to carry on techniques and knowledge to other aircraft conceptual design. IntroductionThe Supermarine Spitfire is one of the most iconic and beloved aircraft or its era, and thissemester, a group of senior students was able to participate in the active learning experience ofreverse engineering this exceptional airplane as a part of the Senior Design Capstone Course.The Senior Design Capstone Course compiles the years of undergraduate studies to test andapprove the student’s engineering abilities. Under the direction of Dr. Bernd Chudoba the senior class was tasked to reverse engineer the famous World War II fighter

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

George E. Meyer

research projects and instrumentation to the classroom. Student teamsalso develop their own semester projects starting at midterm. Those projects are presented aspapers and posters during an annual department open house. A summary of selected studentprojects for the past five years and student assessments will be discussed. Examples are presentedin a draft book written by the instructor, who has taught this class for twenty-one years.Keywords: Courseware, biological systems, sensors, electronics, measurements, controls.Course ConceptModern agricultural, biological, and biomedical instrumentation all use electronic sensors, analogand digital circuits, computers and microcontrollers for scientific measurements and processcontrol. Instrumentation is

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 4: The Effects of Group Size on the Experiences of First-Year Engineering Students in Mixed Gender Groups

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Koenraad E Gieskes, State University of New York at Binghamton; Ioana Elena Tiu, State University of New York at Binghamton

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

, specifically engineering. I decided to see if there was an effect on how girls succeeded in their engineering classes given the ratio of women to men in their specific groups. For this initial project I mainly focused on the freshman engineering course since it was heavy on projects, but in the future, I hope to collect more data including higher-level classes with increased difficulty. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 The Effects of Group Size on the Experiences of First-Year Engineering Students in Mixed Gender GroupsAbstract:Recognizing the importance of collaborative learning in engineering education, this researchseeks to understand how different group

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thais da C. L. Alves

89 Student Chapter Development and Engagement in Engineering Majors: The NECA Student Chapter Case Thais da C. L. Alves San Diego State University, CAAbstractStudent chapters provide an opportunity for students to develop additional knowledge and skillsto those acquired during their college life as well to work in multidisciplinary teams and participatein projects and competitions outside of their school’s setting. Large professional and tradeorganizations have encouraged the creation of student chapters to promote their profession

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Al Humidi; Alena Sloan; Andrea Atkins, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

one of its engineeringdepartments by increasing the number of instructors who are women and women of color. Thispaper examines the difference in teaching and student learning outcomes when this departmentreplaced the teaching team for two courses from Caucasian men to women and women of colorwith no instructions on how to deliver the courses. It was noted that women professors drawfrom their work experiences and bring a hands-on learning and a project-based approach. Thischange was noted in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering because previouslywhen the courses were taught by men, the course delivery remained consistent with a traditionallecture-based approach. It is important to note that instructors are not given a guide on