Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

of Formulas, Solutions, and MATLAB Toolboxes”.Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, USC Dr. ChengYuan Jerry Chen is fulltime Lecturer of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, who has in- volved with AME laboratory teaching for more than 8 years in AME341, 441, and 443 classes. His expertise is not only in analytical and computational of dynamic and control systems, but also in exper- imental and laboratory hardware implementations. He has more than 20 years of advanced machining experience and has accomplished enormous projects in mechanical and electrical designs. He is currently the head leader of the instructional laboratory in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

James Kang; HonShing Wu; Shy-Shenq P. Liou; Peter Leung; Hans Soelaeman

Session 2633 Power Electronics and Motion Control Laboratory ShyShenq P. Liou, Hans Soelaeman, James Kang, HonShing Wu, and Peter Leung School of Engineering San Francisco State University1. Introduction The Power Electronics and Motion Control Laboratory (PE&MC) of the School ofEngineering, San Francisco State University serves three senior electrical engineering courses:ENGR 455 Power Electronics, ENGR 447 Control Systems, and ENGR 306 ElectromechanicalSystems. There are many projects configured for these three courses, using various apparatus.Some of

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul P. Mathisen

course off-site via videotape. The undergraduates in this course enrolledin CE 4061 (Introduction to hydrology) and took the course on-site at WPI. For theundergraduate class, course requirements included individual homework assignments, in-classquizzes, and group projects. For the graduate class, course requirements included homeworkassignments, take-home quizzes, and an independent project. While the lectures are covered thesame material for the undergraduates and graduates, the graduates were responsible for a morein-depth understanding of basic topics and additional advanced topics. A number of efforts usingavailable technologies (including videotapes, US Mail, telephone, email, the World-Wide Web(WWW) and interactive video) were used to

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Daniel Crowl, Michigan Technological University; David Caspary, Michigan Technological University; Jeffrey Allen, Michigan Technological University; Jeff Naber, Michigan Technological University; Dennis Meng, Michigan Technological University; Abhijit Mukherjee, Michigan Technological University; John Lukowski, Michigan Technological University; Jay Meldrum, Michigan Technological University; Barry Solomon, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

, studentsare required to satisfy requirements in four areas, which are:  Participation in multiple semesters of the Alternative Fuels Group Enterprise, where students work on hands-on integration, design, and/or research projects in hydrogen and fuel cells  Taking a fuel cell course  Taking a lecture or laboratory course on hydrogen energy  Taking discipline-specific elective coursesIn addition to describing the minor, the paper will also describe the content of the AlternativeFuels Group Enterprise as well as the fuel cell and hydrogen energy courses.IntroductionThe search for alternative energy sources is an area that has received great attention in the lastfew years, beginning with the January 2003 State of the

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

create a variety ofjoint geometries (Tee, Butt and Corner) using metal inert gas (MIG) welding. Theysubsequently conducted visual observations and also sectioned these joints to examinethe quality of the welds that they made. During the injection molding lab the studentsmade appropriate adjustments for temperature, pressure and shot size for adequateprocess control to make defect-free poly vinyl chloride (PVC) six-inch rulers. In thepowder metallurgy lab, they were given several rubber molds to make aluminum andstainless steel products (monkey, bunny etc.) using cold isostatic pressing. Someexamples of the student projects are shown in Figure 11. The manufacturing skills thatthey learn in this class also come in handy when they take up the

Conference Session

Sustainability, Service Learning, and Entreprenuership

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Skokan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

sustainabledevelopment concepts, exposed the students to the challenges of sustainable development froman engineering design perspective. The course objectives were that students would: 1. Be able to define sustainability 2. Identify sustainability issues in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere 3. Apply the engineering design process to sustainable projects 4. Summarize methods to measure sustainability 5. Analyze examples of sustainable and non-sustainable programs.Participants were also exposed to field experiences to observe issues in sustainability.Assessment of the course objectives illustrates the need for cooperation among engineering andother disciplines, such as economics and politics, in the design process for a sustainable

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Xavier Henry, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Dayvon Green, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

State University Mr. Dayvon Green is a junior in the Industrial, Manufacturing and Information Engineering Department at Morgan State University. He spent the 2009 summer at University of Maryland Eastern Shore on a NASA supported student exchange program to initiate some of the work on the " AQUABOT" project. Page 15.558.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experimental Prototype of a Remote-Controlled Platform to Monitor Water Quality DataAbstractEutrophication (nutrient-enrichment) leading to algal blooms is a serious threat to the coastalbays and the open oceans

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cochran, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering, product design, finance, material supply, salesand marketing, and even the company union representatives. Because of their exposure, thestudents learn that solving manufacturing systems problems requires not only technicalknowledge but also inter-personal knowledge and skills.Class OrganizationIn the very early part of the course, the Vice Presidents of sponsoring companies visit MIT andgive presentations regarding their company and provide an overview of the proposed projects toestablish the importance of the proposed projects. It is very important to cooperate withsponsoring companies in this course. After having background information on the sponsoringcompanies and the proposed projects from the presentation session, the students then

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; MT Morris, University of Southern Indiana

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Southern Indiana. Dr. Hallock Morris is currently the editor of the Indiana Journal of Political Science and is a member of the Executive Council of the Indiana Political Science Association. Her research interests include environmental policy, political behavior, women and politics, and pop culture and politics. Most recently, her research on the politics of hypoxia has appears in Politics and Policy and Social Science Quarterly. Page 15.88.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010A SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT: AN

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Meiliu Lu, California State University at Sacramento

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

users of these learning tools have participated in such unique experience of technical communication with their peers. Data analytics is playing a significant role in science and engineering education in this digital information era. Data warehouses provide online analytical processing tools for the interactive analysis of multidimensional data of various granularities. The objective of this project is to develop a web-based interactive courseware to help students or beginning data warehouse designers in learning data warehousing. Developers of this project include Computer Science international graduate students from India. The targeted primary users are students of a computer science course called Data Warehousing and Data Mining. Other

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr; M. Grant Norton

programs or in research projects specially designed for thepurpose” 1.For the past five summers the NSF has funded a summer REU site in Characterization ofAdvanced Materials at Washington State University. WSU currently has the longest active REUprogram in materials research in the northwest. Our REU site brings students to Pullman tospend 10 weeks each summer focused on interdisciplinary materials research.The initial target population for our REU program was primarily students from schools in thePacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain states that do not have access to the moderninstrumentation that is needed for materials research. Over the five years of our program thenumber and popularity of REU programs has increased nationally and we have

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electr-Mech ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wm Evans

. Thismay especially be the case for the student who has not experienced an industrial electricalcourse.It is believed after this second lab that the student is adequately experienced in thedevices that PLCs replaced and that it is time to move on to PLC programming. Aphilosophical approach to labs requires that labs or projects should be visually easy tosee. Machines from industry are not available and most students have not seen a typicalmachine. It is believed that a better approach is to select labs from experiences commonto the student.A first PLC project is given with the program already written. The student must masterthe programming of the circuit using the programming language of the PLC. In A-B, thechoices are RS-Logix, RS-Logix 500 or RS

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Baxter

, Engineering Graphics and Computer AidedDesign (EG&CAD) teaches the skills of using a solid modeling system to create parts,small assemblies, and documentation. More importantly, EG&CAD also emphasizes theuse of vectors in creating solid models and thereby provides students reinforcement oftheir linear algebra knowledge. The students normally take EG&CAD during their firstyear and then have the opportunity to use solid modeling in their sophomore and seniordesign projects as well as some special topic electives. In addition, several other coursesare now using solid models as a way to demonstrate fundamental principles2. With anincreasing dependence on solid modeling skills required, it is imperative that the coursecontent in EG&CAD be

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

M. Ginger Scarbrough

includes innovative design work, presentations,and bench-scale demonstrations of working prototypes. Collaboration with industry and governmentpartners gives students the opportunity to solve real-world environmental challenges, be mentoredby engineering professionals, and have the potential to see their designs further developed andimplemented by the contest sponsors.Data collected at the design contest indicates that students improved in seven workforce-development competencies, suggesting that students who participate in long-term, hands-on globallyresponsible projects develop valuable technical and professional skills that prepare them for adynamic workforce. Of particular note is the high percentage of participation by females and first

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

christian saeed daftarian, St. Mary's University; Ozgur Aktunc, St. Mary's University

that no longer requires screens to display theircontent. Instead, they will be projected into free space and interacted with through freehand gestures.Furthermore, this could reduce the need for static (non-changing) size and position parameters incurrent GUI frameworks. Instead, we could see more dynamic GUI frameworks that are more scalable,adjustable, and spatially responsive to the user and surrounding environment. The screenless natureof GUIs could also induce the need for multi-positional parameters within common GUI functions.Therefore, we should expect our GUI code to grow exponentially in both size and complexity ashardware reduction continues. To accommodate this increase in size and complexity of GUI code andallow for better

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pete Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wendy Otoupal-Hylton, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

toMotorsports Engineering) and re-activation of one that had been in hiatus (Internal CombustionEngines), the program quickly gained momentum1. The three classes filled easily and there werenumerous volunteers after the announcement of a student project to build a racecar on campus.Within two years, the motorsports program had grown to the point that the classes were beingoffered as part of a Motorsports Technology Certificate. The racecar which was built as astudent project, shown in Figure 1, was actively and successfully competing in Sports Car Clubof America (SCCA) competition. Additionally, the School of Liberal Arts had recognized themomentum of the engineering program and created its own Motorsports Studies Certificate2 for

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences with Signal Processing and Controls

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Jiang, Purdue University, North Central

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

TMS320C6713 DSK). Therefore, in this paper, we firstpresent a complete digital crossover platform, MATLAB design and simulations, developed Ccode inserted in both of DSP boards, crossover outputs and test results. Secondly, we address theoutcomes of students learning achievement including continuous applications of their acquiredDSP skills in other related courses and their motivations for continuing to pursue the upper-levelsignal processing related courses such as the advanced digital signal processing with multimediaapplications. More importantly, we examine the course assessment according to analysis of thecollected data from students’ learning outcome survey, project evaluation, and further addressthe possible improvements of the course content

Conference Session

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hariharan Naganathan, Wentworth Institute of Technology; John Kim, University of North Florida

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

students to design and analyze construction projects. Currently, Dr. Naganathan is working on research projects aimed at improving energy efficiency in existing buildings and exploring the potential of AR/VR in construction education. His dedication to fostering innovation in sustainable construction inspires the next generation of construction managers to create a more energy-efficient built environment.Jonghoon Kim, University of North Florida ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Drone-Driven Learning: Advancing Construction Education through UAV IntegrationAbstractRecent technological advancements have shifted the construction industry's view

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Sunai Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Yasser Salem; Tamer Omar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Deify Law

, sustainability and resilience, engineering and construction,communications and marketing, market potential, innovation, energy efficiency, water use and conservation,health and comfort, and lighting and appliances. Our students gained hands-on experience in the emergingindustries such as sustainability, technological innovation, and climate change; provided tours to educatethe public; and learned to work with industry professionals and various contractors on an acceleratedconstruction schedule. This resulted in the construction of a 1008 sq ft, net-zero house that was built in afactory in six weeks and installed on site in two weeks. This project was a unique learning opportunity forour students. This paper summarizes the positive student learning

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sara E. Wilson; Peter W. Tenpas; Ronald L. Dougherty; Christopher D. Depcik; Kenneth Fischer

traditionally used including courseperformance, faculty assessment, standardized testing, GPA, and surveys of graduates andemployers. In this project, the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Kansasexamined using the senior capstone design poster presentations as a means to assess studentlearning across the curriculum. A rubric was created and deployed using industrial advisoryboard members to assess student performance. From this assessment, student learning wasassessed and reported to the faculty for evaluation and discussion. This rubric and assessment ofthe senior capstone design presentations were found to be particularly useful in examiningcommunication skills, design methodology skills, and the ability to design and

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

is a teaching and learning methodology that connects curriculum withidentified community issues and needs. Service learning engages projects that serve thecommunity and build their social and academic capacities. Service learning was based offthe views of John Dewey, a philosopher and educator who advanced the concept that activestudent involvement in learning, insisted that this is an essential element in effectiveeducation. He viewed the community as an integral component of educational experiencesfor both enhancing a student’s education and for developing future societies. The need forengaged learning and an implementation of technology will further develop training forstudents in technological discipline, and will fulfill a societal

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian

to serve thestudents community with the updated knowledge in the respective field so that they can face thereal world situations with minimum problems. In this paper, some of the latest methodologies, techniques, usage of various internet sitesand software are explained. Particularly, the usage of different internet websites for constructionoriented purposes is very helpful for the students to learn about how the construction companiesdo business in the real world. To complement their learning experience, the site visits, the videoshows on construction, guest lectures and shadowing the Construction Managers at theconstruction sites are very helpful. They also get involved with writing a report on how to do aconstruction project by

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and habitatsthrough research, education and youth development programs. This nonprofit organization is aleader in conservation-oriented research, environmental education, and community service bothlocally and globally. It conducts programs offsite through outreach projects to schools andcommunity-based organizations as well as onsite at the State Adventure Aquarium [10] in aunique partnership to engage aquarium visitors in the wonder of the aquatic world. TheAcademy delivers a wide variety of classroom lessons, allowing children grades preK-12 toinvestigate ocean-related topics, from coral reef symbiosis to the sticky tube feet of the sea star.NJAAS also offers 30 minute electronic field trips

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Xiaomin Jin; Dennis Derickson; Simeon Trieu; Samuel O. Agbo

through a big transition of the programwith one professor retirement (founder of the program) and two new faculty members arriving.Our recent activities comprise following three major parts: 1) Expanded teaching laboratory, 2)Strong faculty/students research projects, and 3) Active SPIE student club. We are presenting theabove three efforts in this paper.1. IntroductionCalifornia Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) has one of the nation's largest primarilyundergraduate engineering colleges. The photonics program within the EE department began in1985. Currently, there are two senior elective lecture courses and one graduate-level lecture inthe photonics area. A 700 ft2 fiber-optics laboratory was introduced in 1986. This laboratoryserves dual

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Jess W. Everett; Gina Tang; Stephanie Farrell; Hong Zhang; Angela Wenger; Majid Noori

understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and habitatsthrough research, education and youth development programs. This nonprofit organization is aleader in conservation-oriented research, environmental education, and community service bothlocally and globally. It conducts programs offsite through outreach projects to schools andcommunity-based organizations as well as onsite at the State Adventure Aquarium [10] in aunique partnership to engage aquarium visitors in the wonder of the aquatic world. TheAcademy delivers a wide variety of classroom lessons, allowing children grades preK-12 toinvestigate ocean-related topics, from coral reef symbiosis to the sticky tube feet of the sea star.NJAAS also offers 30 minute electronic field trips

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2012 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Erin Zeqja; Rachael Ashton

staff member covering thetopic of their respective field. Numerous site visits to current and completed DCC constructionprojects provide hands-on field experience by allowing students to meet with project andconstruction managers on each site to better understand project details, quality control measuresand construction techniques. Students selected for this program will also have the opportunity tolearn about business practices, history and culture of the Middle East, creating an environmentfor professional and personal development. In addition to midterm and final examinations,students are required to produce a comprehensive technical report detailing each construction sitevisit and construction associates visits, reflecting their individual

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Rashmi Jain; Keith Sheppard; Elisabeth McGrath; Bernard Gallois

engineering curriculum2. The vehicle for this thread was to bethe core design sequence at Stevens known as the Design Spine3. The first five courses are core designcourses taken by students from all intended disciplines; the last three are taken in the discipline - a juniorcourse followed by a 2-semester capstone senior year project. In most cases the core design courses arelinked to concurrent engineering science courses, thus providing context for the latter. The Design Spineis a key vehicle to develop a number of threads that build both technical and so-called “soft”competencies. The latter include communications, creative thinking, teaming, economics of engineering,problem solving, project management etc. It should be noted that the first four

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Justin Dansereau, University of New Haven

codes to suit there needs. The toolbox can also be used in student projects because of this versatility. It would be a great tool for students to be able to create a concept model for any robot they planned to create in a classroom setting or otherwise. The examples using the toolbox include both representations of typical industrial robot configurations (e.g., PUMA 560) and robots with structures and dimensions which can be edited by both the student and instructor. These examples provide the mathematical representations and solutions of the designed robot. In this current project, our goal is to complete the development of the teaching toolkit using therobotics toolbox. The faculty advisor supervising this project

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ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Ben Thomas Bassett; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna Pierson

parameters. Crestron (Rockleigh, NJ, USA) provides enterprise control andautomation solutions for AV equipment. One of their products permits system monitoring acrossa large network of AV equipped spaces. This product is Crestron Fusion, and it enablesmonitoring of connected systems, scheduling of services such as repairs and alerts for AVtechnicians. The purpose of this project is to utilize the Crestron Fusion service to trackinformation about a room’s AV system, such as lamp hours, microphone battery levels, androom occupancy. This information would be saved to a centralized database and would beavailable for analytics, monitoring, and generation of alerts when needed. Such a system wouldimprove the ability to monitor classrooms' operational