Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Craig Kief; Professor Steve Suddarth; Christos Christodoulou; Marios S. Pattichis; Howard E. Pollard

mustunderstand the design of memory registers, interfaces, and even whole processors into the FPGA“fabric”. All of these must be practiced in under challenges of timing, area, fanout and other keyconstraints. Talented FPGA designers are rare and extremely valuable. The FMAC consortiumbrings together New Mexico R&D facilities, both public and private, including University of NewMexico, Air Force Research Lab, Xilinx Inc., Los Alamos National Lab and Sandia National Lab.This consortium conducts research, education, and direct project assistance to ensure success ofFPGA developments. The FMAC is at your service to assist schools at any level in this rapidlygrowing field. Visit our website (www.fpgamac.com) for more information

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron Newberry, Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

imentally Deter mining Mass Moment Pr oper tiesAbstractA project is presented that requires students to experimentally determine the mass momentproperties for a three-dimensional test specimen. The project begins by attaching the test specimen(a composite structure made from small wooden blocks) to a pendulum platform of known massproperties. The platform is equipped with an accelerometer to allow dynamic motion tracking.Multiple swing tests are performed and the dynamic response of the loaded pendulum is recordedusing a National Instruments data acquisition system. Using an oscillator model and Fourieranalysis, the students calculate both the damping ratio and the damped natural frequency of theloaded platform. Armed with these results and the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

X. Chang Li, Lamar University; Kendrick Aung, Lamar University; Jiang Zhou, Lamar University; Xuejun Fan, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

teaching approach whereupon a “catch all” general control volume was introduced as theprimary tool as the course started. The change of any property within the control volume wasshown as a result of three possible processes: direct transfer across a boundary, direct transfer inconjunction with “carrier” flows, and generation within the control volume itself. Thegeneralized Reynolds Transport Equation was then formulized from this scenario. The paperalso considered the property of entropy, which is conceptually more challenging. The approachwas found beneficial for students learning. Bailey17 discussed how to prolong and strengthenstudents' interest in thermodynamics by designing course projects. Two course projects werereported. The projects had

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

studentideas are brought to reality. Examples include the introduction of new undergraduate andgraduate courses in innovation engineering, close integration between project courses offered atPIEp partner universities, joint research projects, and workshops that allow entrepreneurs andcompanies to better utilize student ideas and projects.During the first years of PIEp, in the build-up phase, a large effort has been placed on creating aninternational network of ‘innovation friends’. The founders strongly believe that the ‘wheelshould not be invented again – rather that there is an obligation to search for, find, and gather allrelevant actors within this field, on a global arena. Within the rather limited network of partnersand friends established this

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie Sandberg; Christine L. Collier; Chell Roberts; Lawrence Genalo

researched and scientific explanations of the phenomena at hand, butexplained so that the average 6th or 7th grader (the target audience) could understand them. These twostudents were directly supervised by an undergraduate woman, co-author Collier, herself a former internin this program. The purpose of the internship program is to give young women experience in researchlaboratories under the mentorship of an Iowa State professor, thereby solidifying their interest in SEM(Science, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers. This particular research project not only provided sucha research experience for the two high school women but it also provided an internship in supervisingresearchers for the undergraduate student as well as allowing a

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Utpal Roy; Daniel Panayil

Session 2263 Development Of A Feature Based Rapid Design Environment Utpal Roy, Daniel Panayil Syracuse UniversityAbstract Computer based realistic projects are required in all of our undergraduate design related courses.Students are encouraged to design their individual projects (related to some real-life design and manufacturingproblems) using state-of-the-art computer-tided design (CAD) tools. However, due to some inherentinflexibilities of current CAD tools, students cannot use them efficiently. It is now recognized that feature

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul F. Packman; Charles M. Lovas

from all engineering disciplines. DEED continues tosupport the Engineering Case Library~ which evolved from the Engineering .Case Program originated atStanford University in 1964. The Sloan Foundation in the 1950’s and 1960’s funded many of the strongest engineering design pro-grams that continue at institutions such as Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Drexel University. The SloanFoundation was a founding supporter of six Engineering Design and Design Education Conferences held inalternative years between 1963 and 19734. During the 1960’s and 1970’s many of the local design programspublished compendiums of student senior design projects. A large number of these senior design projects werecollected nationally into the Design Projects

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Hess

energy conservation, but there is a need for better understanding of drive behavior. Inan electromechanical conversion course, opportunities to incorporate drive systems exist in theintroductory portion, as individual machines are introduced, in the laboratory, and in the course closure.Capstone design is a feasible place for realistic machine-drive projects. Methods of incorporating topicsare presented and tradeoffs are discussed.Introduction Not many years ago, the Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) was just a specialized electronic systemassociated with direct current machinery. Now it seems that induction motors in many places havesprouted an ASD. The primary reason is the energy saving advantages, which are well documented.[1,29] Since

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

Session 2647 Menu-Driven Control of the MiniMover-5 Robot Zhongming Liang Purdue University Fort Wayne Abstract The paper discusses a utility program developed by the author for the MiniMover-5 robot system. Theprogram provides menu-driven control of the robot and allows students to easily work with robot positions.The paper also includes an example of using the utility program for a project, in which two MiniMover-5robots were controlled with their interface units receiving inputs from

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Landon C. Onyebueke; Chinyere Onwubiko

structures ormachine elements. This technology has been successfully applied to various loading conditions encounteredduring space flights. However, this technology is yet to be accepted in the industries. This paper usesPDM to demonstrate the role of students in the transfer of technology. Included in the paper are overview of PDM, the different stages that are necessary in preparingstudents for effective technology transfer. Projects carried out by engineering students at Tennessee StateUniversity are used to illustrate the features of PDM and how students can be used as a means for thetransfer of the technology to industries.Introduction: The effectiveness of any new technology is reflected in its usefulness. Its popularity depends on

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Wayde; Ph.D., Roger W. Webster

://zansiii.millersv.edu AbstractA great deal of research being performed in computer science and in undergraduate and graduateprograms in the sciences, centers around collaborative scientific projects and the visualization of theresults. With so much activity in the scientific community today comprised of collaborative projectswhich include and require computer scientists, a logical step at this time is to expose students to thehardware, special devices, and software techniques of virtual reality, virtual world modeling, andscientific visualization. This paper describes a virtual world modeling laboratory for undergraduatesin Computer Science. Specific hardware, devices, software, project specifications, and

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler; Karthik Somaraju, University of Texas, Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

in ElectricalEngineering (BSEE) curriculum has a required course in microprocessors and the prerequisitesare courses in structured programming and digital systems. The laboratory procedures developedfor this course are aimed at meeting the learning objectives of this course including assemblylanguage programming, program debugging, serial communication, input/output devices,interrupts, interfacing, and direct memory access (DMA). The laboratory projects introducestudents to the host–target environment using an integrated development environment (IDE). Theplatform currently utilized is a Freescale Semiconductor 68HC11 board produced by AxiomManufacturing. The 68HC11 is a dated 8-bit architecture and has proved to be a robust platformto teach

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

matt gallagher, Vermont Technical College; Andre St. Denis, Vermont Technical College; John Murphy, Vermont Technical College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

peripherals and a complexprocessor appear to serve the immediate needs of the introductory microprocessor course.Students who chose to use a microcontroller in a future project were forced to design circuitboards requiring fabrication and assembly at outside vendors at considerable cost; this tended todiscourage their use in our capstone projects course. We discuss our current introductory coursethat uses a MC9S08QG8/4 microcontroller from Freescale. It comes in a sixteen pin DIPpackage, has an internal clock and can be programmed using the same Codewarrior softwareIDE Freescale uses for all of its microcontrollers and can be programmed through aUSBSPYDER08∀interface. We developed a set of four simple input/output boards so studentscan exercise

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Chia-Lin Ho, North Carolina State University; Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Jeff Joines, North Carolina State University; Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University; George Rouskas, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Carolina State UniversityJeff Joines, North Carolina State UniversityCarolyn Miller, North Carolina State UniversityGeorge Rouskas, North Carolina State University Page 14.356.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Computing Across Curricula: The View of Industry LeadersAbstractWith the aim of preparing students for pervasive, advanced computing in the workplace, aproject funded by the National Science Foundation CISE Pathways to RevitalizedUndergraduate Computing Education (CPATH) was initiated in 2007. Themultidisciplinary project has two overarching goals: (1) create a computational thinkingthread in the engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bahawodin Baha, University of Brighton; Tim Katz, University of Brighton

Tagged Divisions

International

Polytechnic University (KPU) since 2005. Since December 2006, Dr. B. Baha has been helping Engineering Educational Institutions in Afghanistan under a DFID funded project, which is called Developing Partnership on Higher Education (DelPHE); this programme is managed by the British Council. The details about various activities of this project can be found at the following website: http://www.uobkupartnership.talktalk.net. The University of Brighton has recently signed a major partnership contract with Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) and the Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan under the World Bank sponsored programme, which is called Strengthening Higher Education Programme

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Innovation and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

thoroughly. There is a logical path to befollowed in the realization of the product. The rubric can be most readily illustrated through thefollowing instructions that are issued to students undertaking a project to design a manufacturingsystem for a given product.9 The context is that student teams in a ‘production engineering’class fulfill the learning objectives for the course through a semester-long project. Student teamsdesign a production system for an existing product. The products have been as varied as caststeel flow control valves, printed circuit boards and fishing reels. Integrated into the fabric of theproject, students are challenged to critique the product design to improve manufacturability andreduce cost. The first three stages of

Conference Session

Civil ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sprinsky, Pennsylvania College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching GIS with Intergraph GeoMedia In a Civil Engineering Technology Program.Author: Dr William H. SprinskyAffiliation: Pennsylvania College of TechnologyAddress: 1 College Avenue, Williamsport, Pa, 17701Email: wsprinsk@pct.eduTelephone: (570) 326-3761, Extension 7365AbstractAt the Pennsylvania College of Technology, we feel that the tools of project design andmanagement, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), should be taught along with themore usual subjects in a Civil Engineering Technology curriculum. With an NSF(ILI) grant,Pennsylvania College of Technology purchased the Intergraph MGE software suite for use instudying and teaching the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technology majors have real-world work experience in manufacturing or for-profit services, but they’ve never faced the tough process of prioritizing projects for funding,choosing equipment or software on a minimal budget, or convincing donors to assist with on-going organizational expenses. Five computer information systems interns at non-profits foundthat they were constrained by unexpected budget, staffing and accountability issues. This papershares some of their experiences and findings as their active learning process constantly testedtheir beliefs. The concrete consequences of their projects were motivators to be quick studiesand sources of frustration as they struggled within the boundaries of limited resources.Learning to listen and

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Ardebili, Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

spatial visualization skills.An interactive multimedia software based on work by Sorby and Baartmans1 and a 3Dsketch-based solid modeling software (Pro/Engineer) were utilized in the class. Theinteractive media provided students with the opportunity to gain fundamentalunderstanding of orthographic projection, rotation about one or more axes, reflection andsymmetry. Pro/Engineer was utilized to create solid models and project them at differentangles, enabling students to realize various mental visualizations. Preliminary assessmentof the class indicated that combining the interactive media and the solid modelingsoftware was effective in the development of spatial skills in undergraduate engineeringand technology students. The assessment also

Conference Session

Successful Grant Proposals

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Houdeshell, Sinclair Community College; Paul Giguere, Sinclair Community College; Gilah Pomeranz, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-838: COMPARING STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND PERFORMANCE INDISTANCE, HYBRID AND FACE-TO-FACE ENVIRONMENTSJames Houdeshell, Sinclair Community College Jim is currently a Professor of Quality Engineering Technology and Project Director for the current NSF-ATE funded project. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Ohio, a Certified Reliability Engineer, and Quality Auditor. Completed degrees include a Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Distance Education, M.S. degrees in Engr. Mgmt. and Systems Engr., and a B.S.ChE. degree. Prior engineering working experience include consulting and ten years at GMC.Paul Giguere, Sinclair Community College Paul is currently a Principal Investigator for the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Langen, Clarkson University; Stefan Grimberg, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, including REU Site Programs, students are expected toinitiate and complete a substantive research project in a short period of time, typically 8 - 10weeks. While the research project is a student’s principal activity in a summer program, theremay be other organized activities incorporated into the program, including research seminars,skills workshops, graduate education and career mentoring activities, field trips, and socialactivities.3 Potential benefits of ancillary activities include (1) improved understanding of the Page 11.266.2relevance and multidisciplinary linkages of research projects; (2) improved attitude andmotivation to conduct research

Conference Session

Energy Conservation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nitt Chuenprateep, University of the District of Columbia; Warren Orlando Abrams, University of the District of Columbia; Alicia Marshall, University of the District of Columbia; Sasan Haghani, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

usage and support sustainableuse of power. In addition, smart appliances and the “Internet of Things”, or IoT, can integratewith smart grid technology in order to continue to change the way we use energy. Smart meters,sensors, and controls integrated into everyday objects can ensure judicious power use—forexample, only activating heating in a residence when movement is detected [4]. This paper details a senior design project that quantifies the energy savings achievable byusing solar power and smart thermostats in Washington DC residential homes during the summerand winter seasons. The project was conducted by a group of three students from theDepartments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the

Conference Session

ETD Freshmen Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Zachary Linkous, University of Toledo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Vernier Dynamics Cart and Track System; thisparticular project was chosen to enhance the students’ skills in trigonometry and physicsmechanics. In this experiment students collected the data in the form of space and time, and wereasked to find the speed and acceleration.If this teaching methodology will prove beneficial for the MET students, as shown by studentquestionnaires and tracking their results in the courses such as Dynamics, the authors willintroduce more experiments, such as a Wind Turbine Experiment and other basic laboratoryexperiments.IntroductionThe Engineering Technology (ET) Department is the largest in terms of student count of the sixacademic departments in the College of Engineering at the University of Toledo. TheDepartment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter C. Nelson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade, University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin P.E., University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

teaching and advising awards including the UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), COE Excellence in Teaching Award (2008, 2014), UIC Teaching Recognitions Award (2011), and the COE Best Advisor Award (2009, 2010, 2013). Dr. Darabi has been the Technical Chair for the UIC Annual Engineering Expo for the past 7 years. The Annual Engineering Expo is a COE’s flagship event where all senior students showcase their Design projects and products. More than 700 participants from public, industry and academia attend this event annually. Dr. Darabi is an ABET IDEAL Scholar and has led the MIE Department ABET team in two successful accreditations (2008 and 2014) of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering

Conference Session

Clinical Learning Experiences in BME

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Won Joo, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

Surgical Procedure Demonstration Using Artificial Bone in Orthopedic Implant DesignAbstractAs a part of the existing senior design class for biomedical engineering students, we haveimplemented the introduction of surgical procedures and demonstration in orthopedic medicaldevice design process. It is aimed at senior biomedical engineering students to increase studentinterest and understanding in orthopedic medical device design. The objectives of this course areto teach students many aspects of medical device design through hands-on projects with multiplelecture topics such as the FDA design control process. The course includes lectures about varioustopics and requires that each student group present research and design

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C. Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alan Chiu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

universally accessible. Within this theme, studentscomplete multiple design projects through the prototyping phase (e.g., redesigning the ‘popcornpopper’ walking toy for children with a range of physical abilities and sensitivities),accompanied by a range of documentation (e.g., empathy maps; engineering drawings; written,poster, and oral presentations). Traditional first year curriculum places an emphasis on soundengineering fundamentals and does not, in our opinion provide enough room for the applicationof said concepts. This paper introduces a new practice-driven biomedical engineering curricula,and will report results of qualitative research on student and faculty/staff reactions to the newcurriculum as the first year progresses. This paper will

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Redesign of Writing Instruction for Engineers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sarah Summers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mary Jane Szabo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

followingsection, the benefits of UDL are especially important for our Tech Comm courses, whichcombine students from our various fields of study.UDL and Technical CommunicationTech Comm is a required, upper-level writing course usually taken by students in their junioryear. The course is based in the rhetorical tradition, which means that analyzing and adapting toa specific audience are central to the writing process. The course objectives, which aredetermined by the writing faculty and shared across all sections of the course, include writing inseveral genres, collaborating with teammates, and developing project management skills. Withinthese shared objectives, Tech Comm instructors have freedom to design their own courses andassignments. While some

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Tania Jarosewich, Censeo Group ; Susan Staffin Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

catalyzing change in the academic climate for women in STEM fields. Under Susan’s leadership, both Stevens and WEPAN were recog- nized by the White House with the prestigious President’s Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. She has substantially contributed to the national STEM diversity policy agenda through participation on boards including the National Academy of Engineering Diversity Task Force, National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate and consultant to the National Academy of Engineering’s Center for Advancement of Scholarship in Engineering Education. As PI or Co-PI on multi-institutional collaborative projects, Susan has secured nearly $10 million in grant funds and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Mohabir, New York Hall of Science; Satbir S. Multani; Katherine McMillan Culp, New York Hall of Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University (1999). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 What activities and practices sustain the engagement of highly diverse communities of young engineering students in an out of school fellowship program?AbstractThis paper reports on the process and findings of a participatory action research project with adiverse group of high school youth who were participants in an engineering design fellowship ata major urban science center. Participants were trained in action research techniques, exploredthe “engineering habits of mind” (National Research Council, 2009) as a framework forunderstanding their own work with visitors

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Craig Prather, Auburn University; Stuart M. Wentworth, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Exposition in New Orleans, we look to transform some of our “cookbook” labprocedures to design of experiment projects. In addition to providing a better learning experience,these projects will also be able to support the new ABET student outcome 6: An ability to developand conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineeringjudgment to draw conclusions [1]. In this work, we will present our methods and results, alongwith a completed rubric to assess the new ABET student outcome.Background – the Radio LabThe RF Systems Laboratory is a required 1 credit hour junior-level course for the ElectricalEngineering program at AuburnUniversity (AU) [2]. Students simulate, Table 1: RF Systems Lab