Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski , M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE; Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

rare. This further emphasizes theneed to internationalize the curriculum in existing domestic STEM programs such as renewableenergy, so that students who lack first hand travel experience are nevertheless provided anopportunity to develop global literacy skills.Against this backdrop, the challenges facing STEM educators in emerging fields such asrenewable energy include not only identifying critical knowledge and skills presented by newtechnology, but also determining how to incorporate an international perspective in technicalcurricula. Likewise, from a professional development standpoint, the question becomes how toprepare faculty and empower them with international expertise so that they may teach therenewable energy professionals of the

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chun Kit Chui, University of Hong Kong; LEI YANG, The University of Hong Kong; Ben Kao, University of Hong Kong

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

generative AI. Furthermore, throughour practical experiences, we identify potential blind spots that may arise in the context ofAI-related teaching. This approach complements the story completion method discussed in[17], as we engage students in authentic scenarios in stage three of the proposed progressiveframework. Through these efforts, our aim is to refine and strengthen our framework,fostering an environment that promotes ethical awareness and responsible practices in thefield of generative AI.Guidance for using generative AI tools and building applicationsWe emphasize the importance of closely integrating ethical education with every aspect oftechnical competency training. This involves continuous efforts to define ethical guidelinesfor

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

George Morgan; Gene Gloeckner; Ahmed Khan

financial resources for faculty development activities.Role/Importance of Faculty Technical Currency in New Internet EconomyDuring the past decade, the phenomenal growth of the personal computer (PC) industry has ledto emergence of a new form of economy called the “Internet economy,” which is rapidlybecoming an integral part of the overall U.S. economy. The magnitude of the growth in theInternet economy is evident by the following indicators released by the Center for ElectronicsCommerce, Graduate School of Business, University of Texas at Austin (Center for ElectronicsCommerce, http://www.internetindicators.com/ overview.html, 2004).13 1. The Internet economy now directly supports more than 3 million workers. 2. Employment in the

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; Francis Xavier McAfee, Florida Atlantic University; Michael S Harris, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi S Behara, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

functionality (an engineeringfocus) with aesthetics, user-friendliness, relevance and empathy. It was our objective to developproject oriented courses that integrated these aspects at the university level.Our long journey towards this was inspired by ABET’s3 accreditation criteria 3(a-k) that mapwell to team-oriented semester long projects, as envisioned and implemented in the capstoneprojects of an engineering curriculum. However, not all the criteria can be met in the capstoneprojects. The capstone projects also tend to vary much in quality and focus, leading to demandson faculty and student members alike. This led us to utilize the lessons learned from a six- yearlong industry funded project on significantly increasing engineering design

Conference Session

STEM Issues in ET II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Mujde Erten-Unal, Old Dominion University; Balša Terzić , Old Dominion University; George McLeod, Old Dominion University; Tysha Batts, Virginia Space Grant Consortium; Cynthia Tomovic, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

tobuild circuits on breadboards. From here, hands-on activities alternated with very short talks aimedat introducing students to new components or types of projects. First, simple loops with an LED ora motor were built in order to understand the closed loop setting and how to power a circuit. Afterthat, the integrated development environment (IDE) was introduced and students learned how theycan install the IDE on the computers, how to locate examples, and how to download them ontotheir boards [10]. For this part of the workshop, a Sparkfun Inventor kit was used [11].The kit comes with a variety of components, besides the Arduino board, and a full set of predefinedexperiments, which are available for downloading on the company’s website. It turns

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mordechai Shacham; Michael Cutlip

management capabilities of the software are important. Still othercourses require considerable programming abilities.We have long advocated that the most educational benefit can be gained by the integration ofseveral software packages throughout the curriculum (Shacham and Cutlip4). There is a need fora numerical problem solver that accepts the model equations close to their mathematical formsand provides their numerical solution with very minimal user intervention. Spreadsheets are usedwidely for organization and presentation of information in tabular and graphical forms and fordatabase management with related operations. Software packages that support programming(such as MATLAB, for example) are needed to implement algorithms are required in

Conference Session

Project Based Education in CE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shashi Nambisan

transportationproject (policy, planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance and rehabilitation) in thecontext of several modes (highway, transit, air, rail, water, etc.). Course objectives includelinking concepts learned in this course to those from other courses and vice-versa, i.e.,integration across the curriculum. In this process, students “learn” the interactions and tradeoffsbetween policy (technology considerations, financing issues, social and environmental Page 7.121.1“Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert John Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas A Mercer, Analog Devices Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

through hotlinks embeddedin the report templates that are posted on Scholar, the local course management program. Theseare brief lectures that highlight the theories that form the foundation of the experiments anddiscuss deviations from the ideal, flash and video tutorials on simulation and measurementtechniques and links to component datasheets. Hands-on activities using the electronic platformhave also been incorporated into courses on electromagnetic fields, signals and systems and fiberoptics.Three major initiatives have supported the lab activities: the refinement of an automated lab report grading program the development of an online laboratory course the integration of MATLAB more completely in our experiments.The last

Conference Session

Projects in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

experience in curriculum development. Page 25.447.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Development and Implementation of i-Laboratory for Instrumentation, Sensors, Measurements and Controls CoursesAbstractComputing, information and communication technologies have strong impacts on education, bysignificantly improving the distance and online collaborative learning, via the virtual or remoteexperiments and simulations. One of the distinguishing features of engineering technologyeducation is the laboratory work and hands-on experience as an integral part of the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cardella, Center for the Advancement of Scholarships on Engineering Education (CASEE); Cynthia Atman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

mathematics is considered to be a fundamental element of engineering education, littleempirical research has been conducted to understand how engineering students actually usemathematics. This project takes a research- informed approach towards understanding the role ofmathematics in engineering design by combining two studies of engineering students’ use ofmathematical thinking: a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during an industry-based senior design project and a study of engineering students’ use of mathematics during alaboratory based design problem.The capstone study used a combination of qualitative methodologies to investigate engineeringstudents’ use of mathematics during one of their first real- world design projects. For

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Schinnel Small; Alicia Davis; Solomon Alao; Craig Scott; Yacob Astatke; Pamela Leigh-Mack

students construct meaning. An important aspect ofacquiring and integrating declarative knowledge is constructing meaning. Students draw uponprior knowledge and then link it to new knowledge during the declarative knowledge integrationprocess. Most note taking research has been directed at understanding the roles of encoding andexternal storage. Encoding serves to increase the learner’s attention and external storage servesto improve memory retention4. We use the Tablet PC and specialized note taking software tofacilitate the three minute pause technique and summarizing5. This allows the student to shiftfrom listening to reflecting and talking. The pause exercise is done in an active learningenvironment and serves as a formative assessment for the

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University; Elif Tekalp; Berrak Tekalp; Hasan Tekalp; Samantha Scarpinella, Quinnipiac University; Michael Giannone, Quinnipiac University

of an undergraduate curriculum is discussed byresearchers such as Clough (2002) and Maase & High (2008); however, to the best of ourknowledge, a qualitative study similar to the one explained in this article was not conductedpreviously. In this work, the correlation analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data collectedfrom two different institutions is accomplished for understanding the commonalities anddifferences between STEM majors of two institutions based on their preferences of usingtechnology to solve a function graphing question. Research participant population consisted of 24STEM students from a university located at the Northeastern side of the U.S. (to be calledInstitution 1) and 17 students of a university located at

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques in Mechanics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanzhong (Shawn) Duan, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

equations of motion and constraint equations but without proper use of commercial virtual prototyping computer software.(3) Introducing both multibody dynamics theory and computer software functions in an integrated way.Each way has its strengths and weaknesses. The following table shows a brief comparison: Table 1: A Brief Comparison of Three Different Ways to Organize AMD Emphasis on course Level of course Time % of use of Difficulty of contents constraint software course Software- Workshop to train High High Low orientated software user Theory- Ph.D. level graduate Low Low

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Max Rabiee, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

alternative energy sources energy conservationinitiatives, sustainability and most importantly maintaining a reliable, efficient andenvironmentally sound energy infrastructure underline the imperative nature of this need.The College of Applied Science (CAS) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) has maintained afocused mission of serving the needs of utility industry and the community at large as needs arisefor technical education in alternative energy. Within the College of Applied Science today wehave an Associate Degree program in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) with option fordevelopment of power plant operations and maintenance personnel. The College is also investingresources in development of additional curriculum and funding for Energy

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Denton; Heather Cooper

presented elsewhere in the MET curriculum, so discussionof temperature monitoring focuses on the instrumentation and thermal monitoring analysis.Guest speakers who demonstrate their equipment have been the solution to this problem. At eachcourse offering, one class session is devoted to a presentation of typical monitoring situationswhere thermography quickly shows the surface heat generated by a system problem. Studentsgain an understanding of the context in which non-contact thermal data can be used as anappropriate diagnostic tool. For laboratory and project work, students are presently limited topoint temperature readings.Leaks and vibration from minor bearing defects can be detected using ultrasonic inspection.Through the generosity of the

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Eppes; Tanuj Oruganti; Peter Schuyler

ELVIS Lab StationsALTE can accommodate a variety of test equipment in the underlying lab stations. For the pilottest, two lab stations were equipped with NI ELVIS units. NI ELVIS comes with internalinstruments, an interface to LabVIEW and a circuit breadboarding area. The pilot test used theNI ELVIS oscilloscope, function generator, digital bus reader and digital bus writer.Setting up an ALTE lab station to support a distance lab is a relatively easy process. First, theinstructor must write a lab procedure and upload it to ALTE as a Word or PDF document. Thelab procedure is very similar to those handed out to students when they come to onsite labs.However, it should also contain a section that describes how to collect data using the

Conference Session

Experinces in Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

class that is inhigh demand from the first-year engineering student body and that greatly enhances students’understanding of manufacturing.Tags: manufacturing, education, engineering, first-year, volunteerismIntroductionToday’s engineering curricula provide adequate design and analysis experience for students, yetprovide little or no formal education related to manufacturing tools and processes (Todd, Red,Magleby, & Coe, 2001), despite calls from industry to provide more focus on manufacturing inthe engineering curriculum (Mason, 1998). At the same time, many engineering programs in theU.S. now provide students with access to high-tech “maker spaces” to manufacture their designsfor student projects (Wilczynski, 2015). This provides an

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adetoun Yeaman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Diana Bairaktarova, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

ways to promote empathy as a valuable social competency for engineeringpractice. Many scholars assert that service learning and other community engagementpedagogies are valuable for helping students further develop their empathic abilities. Thisqualitative study aims at studying an engineering course with an integrated service componentand investigating the role empathy plays in the students’ experiences. Participants are first-yearengineering students in a service-learning course at a large land grant institution. We utilize aphenomenology study and focus on students’ experiences within the course. Data was collectedvia semi-structured interviews conducted through online video conferencing. During interviews,several participants mentioned how

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

student'scapability of integrating into professional teams and coping with completely new topics andtools that they have never worked before with. The main challenge is the harmonization ofindustrial and academic expectations and requirements that at times differ. We also have tocope with the extremely high degree of secrecy in the automotive and railway industry.IntroductionThe third phase of our 3-Phase Multi Subject Project Based Learning1,2,3,5 method is a part ofthe degree program curriculum, Figure 1. During the industrial internship the students leavethe department for at least 3 months and work under real industrial conditions. The students’aims are to improve their technical knowledge and collect professional experience in the realworld, as well as

Conference Session

Innovation In Teaching - I

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Matthew J Haslam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission

, faculty atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University began integrating communication instruction with thesenior capstone design classes in 2003. This effort was formalized in 2013 when a one-semesterSpeech class was replaced with a two-semester Advanced Technical Communication class that isco-taught with the capstone classes.For these co-taught courses, a communication instructor and an engineering instructor work intandem to guide student teams through the year-long design process. Teams report on theirprogress and results through technical reports and presentations modeled after those used inindustry.Problem DefinedThe authors, who co-teach a mechanical engineering senior capstone design class, have observedthat students come to their capstone

Conference Session

Advances in Communication Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Risa Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-3 Similarly, RIT students working as lab instructors on-campus or participating inteaching activities off-campus report that they viewed teaching experience as a valuable part oftheir college careers.4 However, in order to teach, we must first prepare our students tocommunicate their ideas clearly.Within the mechanical engineering curriculum at RIT there has been past work done tostrengthen the communication abilities of engineering students. Namely, a team-basedpresentation project has evolved within an advanced thermodynamics course as a way tointroduce upper-level engineering students to an engineering outreach opportunity while alsostrengthening communication skills and deepening engineering knowledge.5-6 Formativeassessment results

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Graphics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Sherwood, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Peter Avitabile, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

closed-form equations to solve textbook problems that are well-defined and thathave a unique answer, e.g. statics, dynamics and strength of materials. However, these samestudents are unsure how to apply these fundamental principles and closed-form equations thefirst time they are given the task of doing an engineering design of a system where theparameters are such that multiple solutions are possible. To give students a first exposure to areal-world product-development team-environment scenario, the design and analysis of linkagesis used as the central topic to integrate engineering analysis, design, CAD, project managementand technical writing into a semester-long design project. The students work in teams of fourand take a loosely defined

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sig Lillevik

a valid assumption. Further, some universitiesoffer little faculty mentoring and the new professor must “sink or swim” his way to success. Toavoid frustration, guidelines are presented to help the new hire avoid “trial-and-error” mistakesand they fall into three general categories: peer networking, teaching skills, and timemanagement. Of these, teaching skills require the greatest attention. The new professor isencouraged to incorporate active learning exercises into his lecture and to integrate cooperativelearning project in the course syllabus. Finally, attending a teaching workshop such as the NETIsponsored by ASEE is a great way to acquire an introduction to effective teaching techniques.IntroductionMuch has been written about a

Conference Session

A Renaissance in NRE Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Turner; Lisa Marshall

policy development, recruitment andretention policies and procedures, to name a few variables. A clear understanding of students’ needs is paramount. Surveys of program participantsand educators must occur for all activities, focus groups must become commonplace anddesignated contacts within the department must be available for suggestions and complaints withauthority to integrate feedback into the overall strategic plan. Another crucial component of SEMrequires an analysis of scores (e.g. PSAT, SAT, GRE), industry locations/needs, and of otherprograms (internally & at other institutions) with a geo-spatial breakdown. To this goal,geographic information systems (GIS) can play an essential part in geo-demographic analysis

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Fries; Paul King; John Gassert; Joan Walker; Paul Yock; Sean Brophy; Jay Goldberg

courses were discussed. These topics included placement of thecourses in the curriculum, course objectives, solicitation and management of projects, possiblesponsored national or international design contests, and industry sponsorship of project groups. Extensive notes and concept maps were generated for each of the topics discussed as thegroup met as a “committee of the whole.” The essence of the discussions provided a goodgeneral overview of the need by design instructors for mutual sharing of resources and ofindustry input to design courses, both in lecture content and in sponsorship of relevant designchallenges. The group considers that there are several action items that will need to be addressedas time allows, such as: 1. the development

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

for teaching theanalytical skills of probability and statistics. Through this project, students also engage in theengineering design and construction process doing so with realistic engineering constraints. Thisapproach also provides opportunities for discussions related to societal, environmental, andethical issues. All of this is geared towards the sophomore level and thus allows for realisticdesign early in the curriculum at the same time it reinforces prior knowledge and introduces newtechnical content.The ProblemProbability and statistics are perhaps one of the most commonly found yet least understoodtopics in most engineering programs. Sure, a large number of students successfully pass theirprobability and statistics courses. Some even

Conference Session

Scholarship in Engineering Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

form ofcourse release time and a travel fund program for faculty to attend conferences, as well as otherscholarship support ideas proposed in this paper.The author hopes that this paper will start an ET Community-wide discussion about the “waysand means” to enhance the scholarly productivity of ET educators. ET faculty should beencouraged to embrace scholarship in order for ET to continue to thrive and maintainrespectability within the academy. In so doing, ET will become known and distinguished notonly for its applications-oriented and student-focused teaching, but also for its student-centeredand curriculum-enhancing scholarship. This will enable many more ET educators to achieve fullprofessorship status and prestige at their institutions

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Gibbon, University of The Witwatersrand; Ian Jandrell, University of the Witwatersrand

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students are also studying engineering for reasons thatdo not include an interest in, or an aptitude for, engineering. Some of the reasons are theavailability of scholarships and bursaries to study engineering, parental pressure and futurefinancial security after obtaining an engineering degree.In 2004 the changes included extending the course over two semesters, adding a critical thinkingcomponent and changing the laboratory concepts. In 2005 formal tutorials were dropped andself-learning concept in the laboratories was extended. Developing a “global” learning approachby integrating the laboratory tasks with the lectures was introduced in 2007. In 2009 therequirement for the students to pass all topics in the course to pass the course, and not

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

Makers design experiments and systems (b, c) solve problems (e),possess the ability to engage in life-long learning (i), and utilize techniques and skills toaccomplish goals (k).In order to achieve these goals educators may be able to apply Making opportunities to theengineering education curriculum. This can be achieved especially through project-basedlearning, a teaching method suggested in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of theField28. Design projects allow for students to integrate knowledge and develop skills28. Studentsoperating in self-managed teams would be able to develop leadership skills through operating invarious roles5. By taking on the typical role of “team lead” students are able to developleadership roles as

Conference Session

Course Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Hensley; Marjorie Donovan; Christopher Ibeh; James Otter

Session 26472. CUES-AMPreviously stated under introduction is that the component elements of CUES-AM are thepre-test, post-test of each student to determine knowledge gain, ability to applyknowledge and student creative thinking from the different delivery systems , CUESProtocol to determine the validity of selected essential knowledge elements for use in theprofessional field, CUES Protocol to determine the efficiency of different instructionalmodes for teaching students the essential knowledge elements (EKE) of thecourse/program, models, matrices and subject/course-specific structures of knowledge fora discipline, universal register of essential knowledge, and ethics and life long learning.These components are integrated and provide the basis