Session 2178 The Database Imperative in Computer Graphics Projects Ronald J. Glotzbach Purdue UniversityAbstractApplications of ideas and projects in Computer Graphics Technology have developed more andmore into requiring a database to drive some or all of it on the back-end. Is an imperativedeveloping where universities are more in need of producing students with database developmentor administration capabilities? This paper focuses on engineering projects with databaseinvolvement, attempting to determine the level of knowledge students should have and in
AC 2012-5259: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BACH-ELOR’S DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM IN THE STEM FIELDSDr. Sara Hooshangi, George Washington University Page 25.1288.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Development of an Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program in the STEM FieldsIntroduction:Much of the economic growth of the twentieth century has been driven by the advancements inthe scientific arena, the applications of engineering principles, and the spirit of entrepreneurshipand innovation.1 As we move forward in the twenty-first century, every aspect of our lives
Session 2633 Development of a Psychrometric Test Chamber Michael J. Swedish Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering Department Milwaukee School of EngineeringAcknowledgments The design of the Psychrometric Test Chamber was done as a Senior Design Project byundergraduate students Brent Losey and Joseph Stellbrink, under the supervision of ProfessorSwedish. Funds for the construction of the Psychrometric Test Chamber were provided through agrant from the A. O. Smith Foundation.I
of Electrical Engineering and Elementary Education, is also the Director of Women in Engineering and The Engineering Place at NC State University. She has been working in the field of engineering education for over 20 years. She is dedicated to conveying the joint messages that engineering is a set of fields that can use all types of minds and every person needs to be literate in engineering and technology. She is an ASEE and IEEE Fellow and PAESMEM awardee.Ms. Raegan Santana Reeves, North Carolina State University I am currently a student at North Carolina State University, as well as a Goodnight Scholar Class of 2020. I am majoring in chemical engineering and would like to work with renewable energy, focusing on
Paper ID #19048Developing a working 2-year/4-year research program: experiences from thefirst year of a collaborative ATE grant.Dr. Paul B Golter, Washington State University Paul B. Golter obtained an M.S. and Ph.D. from Washington State University. His research area has been engineering education, specifically around the development and assessment of technologies to bring fluid mechanics and heat transfer laboratory experiences into the classroom. He is currently a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at Ohio University.Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University Prof. Bernard J. Van Wie received his B.S., M.S
cutting edge technology arethe most important things on a student’s mind. The results of the questionnaire alsodemonstrate a strong desire for security on campus and on-campus housing, campusplacement and jobs, and a good library. The perception is that jobs, such as graduateassistant, research assistant, and teaching assistant, are defined by communication andinteraction with other students and (most importantly) professors, with the ultimate resultbeing for the student job holder to learn more and become more academically mature.Academically, students prefer a flexible study environment: for example, take-homeexams instead of in-class exams. Furthermore, our research shows the internationalgraduate students in engineering find social, cultural
Paper ID #44260Board 237: Designing a Community of Transformation for Justice: A DesignCase Capturing the BeginningsDr. Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State University Nadia Kellam (she/they) is Associate Professor of Engineering and the Associate Director for Research Excellence within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. She is a faculty in the Engineering Education Systems and Design PhD program. Dr. Kellam is an engineering education researcher and a mechanical engineer. She is also deputy editor of the Journal of Engineering Education and co-chair of ASEE’s
outcomes of bringingtogether minds, ideas and resources, while at the same time bringing value to all involvedstakeholders. GUAPO provides an example of a program where all three key outcomes cometogether.GUAPO provides HP Labs with top talent while effectively and efficiently supporting itsprototyping and development needs. GUAPO also allows HP Labs to protect its intellectualproperty (IP), as these engineers are contracted by HP and abide by employmentconfidentiality and IP agreements. Finally, the center also provides some economies of scalein terms of administrative benefits: instead of negotiating 20 contracts with universities orindividuals, there is now a single HP organization on site hosting and managing theseengineers.GUAPO provides
to explore engineering challenges in the classroom.Much of teaching is focused on the knowledge and comprehension levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.When the focus changes from teaching to learning then the outcome expected is raised to theapplication, analysis, synthesis and evaluation levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. Reality learningenables and challenges students to work on higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy. The goal ofreality learning is to engage students’ minds using tools and processes including generatinginformation that they may combine in new ways to produce new output.Blackboard software is used to free up class time. Much of the knowledge and comprehensionareas are done using technology. This frees class time for reality learning. Students
attitude is based on a constructivist approach to thecognitive process.Constructivism is a theory of learning. It holds that students construct knowledge rather thanmerely receive it. It has been extremely influential in science and mathematics and is oftenreferred to as the dominant theory of learning today6. Constructivists view the learner as a‘active entity’ and hold that knowledge is constructed in the learner’s mind rather thantransmitted from teacher to learner7. Central to constructivist theory is the concept of the ‘mental Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page
students,faculty and staff with competencies to respectfully engage community partners. Much of theprevious literature on CEL experiences, including those in engineering, focus on course-basedprojects [9], [10]. There is relatively little literature focusing on co-curricular student groups andtheir engagement with CEL. With this in mind, this study seeks to understand current communityengagement strategies used by engineering students in co-curricular student groups.MethodologyA survey was selected as the best means of collecting data from a variety of members (executiveand non-executive) within each student group. This method was chosen as the desired data couldbe obtained using a survey, and the survey format allowed a larger number of responses
Paper ID #38450Board 194: A Community-Driven Process for Developing NSF Review Pan-elistsDr. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato and is a Fellow of ASEE.Dr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, and the past editor of the Journal of
Trust Well 1H-9,” 2019.[2] United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), “Investigation Report: Organic Peroxide Decomposition, Release, and Fire at Arkema Crosby Following Hurricane Harvey Flooding,” p. 154, 2018.[3] United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), “Final Investigation Report Caribbean Petroleum Tank Terminal Explosion and Multiple Tank Fires Caribbean Petroleum Corporation (Capeco) Key Issues,” pp. 71–73, 2009.[4] J. Stransky, C. Ritz, C. Bodnar, E. Dringenberg, and E. Miskioglu, “MIND THE GAP! …between engineers’ process safety beliefs and behaviors,” in ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings, 2022.[5] United States Chemical
system development” with mind-numbing Trade Studies.At a session titled “Space: The Next 50 Years” conducted at a famous space operations center afew years ago, the Session Chair opened the proceedings with the grand declaration: “The NextFifty Years Are Already Here! With the introduction of the (Giant Aerospace Company) ModelXXX Version yyy Booster!” Aerospace appears to have lost its edge as a leader of technologicaldevelopment. At the same time, it is the continuing experience of the author that casualconversations with people in all walks of life all over the world, still turn into a sincere “wow!”when they find out that one is an aerospace engineer. The vision of spending one’s time “amongthe stars” or pursuing grand dreams, is still very
interests are focused on the mechanical behavior of material, especially fatigue and fracture, as well as the mechanical design process. Professor Wilson is active in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as a Section Chair, The Society of Automotive Engineers, as a Faculty Adviser to the Baja SAE team. He is also active in the American Society for Engineering Education, as the Mechanical Engineering Division chair and Materials Division chair. He has participated in a number of outreach efforts, such as Odyssey of the Mind, Lego League and the Governors School on Emerging Technologies. He is a Mechanical Engineering program evaluator for the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for
Paper ID #29775Learning to talk the talk – Preparing students for success duringinternships through communication workshopsDr. Sarah A Wilson, University of Kentucky Sarah Wilson is a lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Rowan University in New Jersey before attending graduate school for her PhD at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Sarah conducted her thesis research on the production of the anti-cancer compound Paclitaxel (Taxol) through the use of plant cell cultures from the Taxus Yew Tree. Throughout her time
graduates who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for futuredevelopment in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command,citizenship and government”. The Academy’s 4100 midshipmen are provided the opportunity topursue studies in one of several broad areas including engineering, math, science or the socialsciences. The Engineering and Weapons Division includes aerospace, electrical, mechanical,ocean, systems and weapons engineering and naval architecture, with each maintaining ABETaccreditation. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department provides a broad exposure inengineering. The department provides five tracks in which midshipmen can focus their selectionof major elective courses to provide
learningthat can be returned to the classroom. There has been a steady accumulation of designoptimization, refinement, and test data that can also be returned. It takes a concerted effort,however, to do so, as documentation and presentation of the laboratory experience was probablythe last thing on the mind of those students who were focused on completion of their team’scompetition aircraft.Current and Future DevelopmentA complete survey of laboratory experiments conducted over the past several years, and apreliminary review of the design-build-fly projects has revealed a host of experiments that can beintroduced into fundamental aerospace engineering classes. It is the intention that theseexperiments be documented and presented to the instructors of
Session 2793 Convincing Students That Writing Is Important Audeen W. Fentiman The Ohio State UniversityIntroductionStudents are accustomed to writing essays and reports for only one audience: teachers whose jobit is to read and grade the papers. When the paper is assigned, the uppermost question in moststudents’ minds is, “How long does it have to be?” Students generally don’t think about how toentice someone to read the paper or what information they want to convey to the audience. Theintended audience (i.e. the teacher) must read the paper, and there is no penalty for
will continue to crank the engine. The safeguard thathas been designed into the controller is a reverse power relay that must be bypassed by a timedelay relay to get started. A manual reset button and relay prevents an automatic restart after anabnormal condition trip.It should be noted that prior to 1950 most residential heating was done by coal or wood. Failureto pay attention to temperature and to regularly load fuel could mean a cold living space. It wasthe introduction of oil and gas fueled furnaces that required electric motors and fuel flowcontrols that also allowed for thermostats for automatic temperature control. The home heating system has become a matter of out of sight and out of mind for mostresidents. More recent capability can
Session 2255 A New Professional Masters Program: The Master of Science in Technological Processes David A. Pape, Thomas E. Kullgren, Saginaw Valley State UniversityAbstractSaginaw Valley State University (SVSU), founded in 1963, is a regional comprehensivepublic university that has seen steady growth in enrollment to its current level of about8500 students. Within the University, the College of Science, Engineering, andTechnology is home to ABET accredited undergraduate programs in both mechanical andelectrical engineering, but does not offer any discipline specific graduate programs. In1998, to meet the needs of working
Paper ID #43675Board 248: ECS Scholars Progress Report: Outcomes from a Data-DrivenSupport StrategyDr. Michael W. Thompson, Baylor University Michael Thompson received his BS, MS and PH.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor UniversityDr. Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University Clinical Professor Mechanical EngineeringWilliam A Booth, Baylor UniversityTaylor Wilby, Baylor University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 ECS Scholars Progress Report
Session 2470 MEP Summer Bridge Program: A Model Curriculum Project Maria A. Reyes, Maria Amparo Gotes, Dr. Barry McNeill, Dr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityABSTRACTArizona State University's (ASU) Office of Minority Engineering Programs (OMEP) has hostedthe Minority Engineering Program (MEP) Summer Bridge Program (SBP) for the past threeyears. The purpose of the program is to promote greater awareness of and to recruit potentialcandidates to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at ASU. The programcontent and curriculum are
Session 2470 MEP Summer Bridge Program: A Model Curriculum Project Maria A. Reyes, Maria Amparo Gotes, Dr. Barry McNeill, Dr. Mary R. Anderson-Rowland Arizona State UniversityABSTRACTArizona State University's (ASU) Office of Minority Engineering Programs (OMEP) has hostedthe Minority Engineering Program (MEP) Summer Bridge Program (SBP) for the past threeyears. The purpose of the program is to promote greater awareness of and to recruit potentialcandidates to the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) at ASU. The programcontent and curriculum are
Paper ID #18991An Intelligent Software Tutor for Scaffolding Solving DC-DC Converter Cir-cuitsProf. Ali Mehrizi-Sani , Washington State University Ali Mehrizi-Sani received the B.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and petroleum engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, both in 2005. He received the M.Sc. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, both in electrical engineering, in 2007 and 2011. He is currently an Assistant Pro- fessor at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. He was a Visiting
Understand is to Invent”, Grossman, New York, 1973.4 Vygotsky,L., “Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes”, Harvard University Press, MA, 1978.5 Starrett,S., Morcos,M., “Hands-On, Minds-On Electric Power Education”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol 90, No. 1, pp93-100, January 20016 Felder,R., Peretti,S., “A Learning Theory-Based Approach to the Undergraduate Laboratory”, ASEE Conference Proceedings, Session 2413 , June 19987 Pavelich,M.J., “Integrating Piaget’s Principles of Intellectual Growth into the Engineering Classroom”, Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, pp719-722, 1984, Wash, DC8 Dale,E., “Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching”, 3rd Edition, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
that I had chosen the right field. I also appreciatedthe community of like-minded people that you built for us. You watered us like plants and helpedus grow. Hosting the seminar classes for our groups was really vital too. You gave us so manyextra tips that were important to us now as a professionals, like how an interview operates, howto find housing, how to pick a bank. The Rising Scholars program has definitely propelled mefurther in life than I ever thought I’d go.” Rising Scholar Pi (Material Science Engineer)Figure 7 - Diagram of the five-year path of each first cohort student from entry through leaving the university with a degree. SECOND COHORT
Paper ID #26595Neurocognitive Evidence on the Impact of Topical Familiarity in CreativeOutcomesDr. Rafal Jonczyk, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Faculty of English, AdamMickiewicz University, PolandProf. Janet van Hell, Pennsylvania State University ¨ E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State UniversityDr. Gul G¨ul E. Kremer received her PhD from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engi- neering of Missouri University of Science & Technology. Her research interests include multi-criteria decision analysis methods applied to improvement of products and systems. She is a senior member of
Page 9.1415.3of questions and concerns common in a real engineering setting. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationConstruction of a Greenfield Case StudyA Greenfield case consists of a critical set of activities. While the specifics of those activities aredependent upon the objective of the study, and some cases require additional structure, coreactivities include: • Activity 1: Introduction to the Case Here, the important element is to introduce and orient students to the case. The instructor and/or case developer must describe the scenario, being mindful not to
given to each student: Course: This is a three-hour survey course whose aim is to give you a brief exposure to the biomedical and rehabilitation engineering field. As such, it is impossible for me to transmit any knowledge to you in detail. I hopefully will present you with a pretty good feel for the field, based on my 35 years of experience in it. To be fair, it also follows that assignments cannot have real depth. But they can be broad, and the can test the developing status of your engi- neering mind. The overview of necessity will not be comprehensive - rather an in depth look at each topic is left to other topical classes that you will take later in your academic career. In all cases we will try to integrate lectures and clinical