Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Roemer, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah

AC 2010-1903: A SPIRAL LEARNING CURRICULUM IN MECHANICALENGINEERINGRobert Roemer, University of Utah Robert B. Roemer is currently a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He teaches courses in engineering design, and is interested in integrating the use of design projects and active learning throughout the curriculum to improve engineering education.Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah Stacy J. Morris Bamberg is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. She received her S.B. and S.M. in Mechanical Engineering

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Clough

successful (students’ point of view). In a second attempt,the instructional format was revolutionized to an active-learning environment, where lecturepresentation has been minimized and group workshop activities now take up a significant portionof class time. This transformation has brought about a successful offering of the course, and atale worth recounting.In the third offering of the course, the active-learning environment will be enhanced through useof a new classroom designed around cooperative learning in the new Integrated TeachingLaboratory of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado.An alternate title to this paper/presentation might be:How to keep 60 ChE juniors awake and interested in statistics at 8 o’clock in the

Conference Session

Projects in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, The University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

their initials in this paper.Student IO had spent the previous summer (2012) as a research intern at MIT, where he hadinvestigated the design of a key arithmetic circuit for the sparse fast Fourier Transform (sFFT) Page 24.1023.5implemented on an integrated circuit and an FPGA. Recent research has demonstrated that forsignals with a sparse frequency spectrum, their Fourier Transform can be efficiently calculatedwith significant speedup over the traditional FFT in most cases.8 The basic idea is to be able tocapture the Fourier coefficients with the largest values while ignoring the ones with minimalvalues. As student IO had expressed interest

Conference Session

Software Engineering Course Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Henry Welch, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, “Integrating formal methods tools into undergraduate computer science curriculum”, Proceedings of the 36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 2006.17. J. Spivey. The Z notation - A Reference Manual (Second Edition). Prentice Hall, 1992.18. J. B. Wordsworth, Software Development with Z, Addison-Wesley, 1992.BiographiesMARK J. SEBERN is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the MilwaukeeSchool of Engineering (MSOE), and was the founding program director for MSOE's undergraduate softwareengineering program. He has served as an ABET program evaluator for software engineering, computer engineering,and computer science.HENRY L. WELCH is a Professor of computer and software engineering in the

Conference Session

New Programs and Success Stories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Devdas Shetty

industries developed basic knowledge of theprocesses as well as manufacturing logistics, which was followed by expanding electronicindustry and factory automation. By the mid 80s, investment in automation and total qualitymanagement began to show considerable promise. Rise in computer industry led to enormousgrowth in both hardware and software. Through the use of computer technology, flexibleautomation integrates product, process and management information into a single interactiveframework, which reduces the number of operations. By late nineties, Internet basedmanufacturing was the natural extension of these paradigms, where an enterprise could respondto delivery, quality and variety. The new generation of manufacturing companies are

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Roesset; James Yao

curriculum that properly balances mathematics, natural sciencesand engineering with humanities and social and political sciences must be developed andimplemented. This new undergraduate curriculum should provide students with a basicknowledge of the following topics: (1) Mathematics, basic and engineering sciences; (2)Broad-based technical aspects of civil engineering; (3) Principles of uncertainty and riskanalysis; (4) Decision analysis and business principles; (4) Management principles; (5)Societal needs, ethics, public policy, and political science; and (6) Communication andleadership skills. These topics should be taught in an integrated manner, and reinforcedthroughout the curriculum repeating their applications in various classes. In addition

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gearold Johnson; Thomas Siller

that make up theelements of the engineering curriculum. Boundaries exist between the components that comprisethe engineering curriculum. These boundaries change, or move in response to the various callsfor curriculum change. Therefore it is important to not only define the boundary locations, butalso the contents within the boundaries. For example, if you asked engineering educators whatskills an engineering education should provide its graduates they would probably use words likegraduates should be well-grounded in analysis skills (problem solving capabilities); able tosynthesize (do engineering design); and have essential social skills including both written andoral communications, an understanding of ethics, teamwork, leadership, etc

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell

Session 1526 Drug Delivery Experiments in the ChE Curriculum Stephanie Farrell, Robert P. Hesketh, Mariano J. Savelski, and C. Stewart Slater Department of Chemical Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstract Drug Delivery is a burgeoning field that represents one of the major research anddevelopment focus areas of pharmaceutical industry today, with new drug delivery system salesexceeding 10 billion dollars per year [ 1]. Chemical Engineers play an important and expandingrole in this exciting field, yet

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashraf Badir, Florida Gulf Coast University; Seneshaw Tsegaye, Florida Gulf Coast University; Long Duy Nguyen, P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

DSESAenhances learning outcomes.ConclusionsData science is an emerging field that encompasses several STEM domains and offers excitingcareer prospects in a wide range of engineering applications. This paper presents the uniquecomponents of a recently integrated Data Science and Engineering Systems Analysis course forCivil Engineering junior students, including a description of its assignments and associatedsemester project. In addition, the paper provides a course map outlining how the existingUndergraduate Civil Engineering Curriculum can be improved to include Data Science coursesand application domains. Statistical Methods and Computational Tools and EngineeringMechanics courses serve as prerequisites and are expected to provide students with

Conference Session

Topics Related to Civil Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Heather L. Frost; Ziaur Rahman, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Civil Engineering

university-sponsorededucational research project over the last three years, called the Quality Enhancement Plan(QEP) Phase II. The CE QEP project, which started in the Fall semester of 2010, continuesthrough the summer of 2014. Within the QEP project, the research team uses alternative analysisas the method for developing critical thinking skills. The project includes making several minorrevisions to the curriculum, i.e., interventions, to include discussion of, and exercises in, criticalthinking at four points in the curriculum, spaced approximately one year apart.This paper presents the case for integrating more critical thinking into engineering programs andevaluates one university’s effort to try to enhance an engineering curriculum through a

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheikh A. Akbar; Prabir K. Dutta

Session 2464 A Research Driven Multidisciplinary Curriculum in Sensor Materials Sheikh A. Akbar and Prabir K. Dutta Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM) The Ohio State University 291 Watts Hall, 2041 College Road Columbus, OH 43210, USAAbstract The multidisciplinary research at the NSF Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurement(CISM) at The Ohio State University (OSU) has led to the development of an innovativecurriculum. The new multidisciplinary industry-oriented curriculum is currently being

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

track all items picked up andexamined by a customer, this could lead to unwanted targeting by advertisers. There are alsosignificant business concerns, such as pressure by consumer groups to adopt privacy guidelinesthat have the potential of directly slowing the growth of RFID technology. The challenge toindustry is to take a more proactive position as RFID solutions become integrated into businessenterprises. An interesting topic is the efforts by industry advocating EPC global as a facilitator toadopt policy guidelines for both consumers and RFID technology in business processes andpractices.ConclusionsA course in RFID has been adopted as part of the core Electrical Engineering curriculum atMerrimack College. The choice to do so was based in

Conference Session

EM in a Global Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bramhall, Sheffield Hallam University; Steve Lawson, Leeds Metropolitan University; Ian Robinson, Sheffield Hallam University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

-enforced.However, it was not only industry, as the end user, who had demonstrated an interest in thesewider professional skills. Students themselves were beginning to perceive the importance ofstudying on a course which explicitly encouraged the development of knowledge and skillsfirmly rooted in the business-oriented context of the modern engineering industry. In the1992-3 Presidential Address, the President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers reviewedthe trends within engineering education, and drew attention to ‘the search by students forcourses which provide them with wider skills’7.The Engineering Council, in its 3rd Edition of SARTOR, continued the increasingly strongtrend of basing the curriculum within the vocational arena, and argued that

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

computers at times, being able to do tasks usingcomputers is an inherently satisfying feeling that pleases them all and gives them a sense of accomplishmentin using contemporary technology. This feeling coupled with challenging assignments that will require the useof computers can be exploited to take advantage of the positive outcomes of collaborative learning. This willresult in “direct” benefits in terms of enhancing skills such as cognition; critical thinking; problem solving;knowledge generation, integration, and application. It also will result in “indirect or transparent” benefits interms of enhancing communication, leadership, teamwork, decision making, individual responsibility, individualaccountability, and social interaction skills of

Conference Session

Optical and Wireless Communication Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

circuit design that provides a smooth entry point either to a career path or future graduate work in this area; and • details of a development effort into the creation of an extensive integrated series of concept modules in RF circuit design that will be made available to the general academic community in support of curriculum development areas at other universities.Undergraduate Curriculum Track in RF and Microwave Engineering The overall curriculum track (Figure 1) begins with the required EngineeringElectromagnetics course in the junior year. This course builds upon the static electromagneticscourse the students take in the freshman/sophomore year and emphasizes dynamicelectromagnetics and wave theory and

Conference Session

Computer & Web-Based Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brianno Coller

Advanced Programming in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum B.D. Coller Department of Mechanical Engineering Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 601151. IntroductionWe are in the process of developing an advanced computing and programming trackwithin the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum at Northern IllinoisUniversity (NIU). We are introducing our mechanical engineering students to conceptssuch as object oriented programming, data structures, complexity analysis, and elementsof software design that are normally taught to computer scientists. Rather than ship ourengineering students to

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William H. Sprinsky

Surveyor.Teaching ApproachPhotogrammetry is the process of measuring on imagery, generally to obtain geographicallyreferenced object locations. When the term stereo-photogrammetry is used, it refers tomeasurements made in the overlapping area of two adjacent images. This technique, along withclassical surveying and satellite (GPS) positioning, is becoming a more important part of themodern Civil Engineer’s tool of Geographic Information Systems. We integrate this type ofmapping with GPS satellite surveying and ground survey applications we currently teach sostudents have an appreciation of the continuum of mapping from all sources. Photogrammetricpositioning has the distinct advantage of providing not only positional information but also animage of the

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

N. M. Ravindra; Jr., Anthony Culpepper; Henry McCloud; Howard Kimmel

to themicrocomputer and has a number of analog and digital inputs that can be connected to avariety of electronic sensors. These are connected to an EPROM (ErasableProgrammable Read Only Memory) that has several machine coded routines built in.These routines handle the preprocessing of signals from the sensors and the serialcommunication with the computer. These routines allow applications, such as LoggerPro, to control and read a wide range of sensors and probes. The ULI is integrated withPasco Scientifics’ [5,6] motion sensors and photo gates to assist in experiments such asthe study conservation of energy and momentum during collisions, monitor thesinusoidal motion of a mass on a spring and measure the motion of large objects.A physics

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kari Clase

Curriculum Implementation of Biotechnology Minor in Industrial Technology Kari Clase Purdue University Abstract- Indiana’s health industry is an extremely important and growingeconomic engine1. Tremendous advances are being made in pharmaceutical andbiotechnology discoveries and their applications (including manufacturing), as well as inhealth care services. As a result, there is an increasing sophistication of the productsand services available and being developed, with an ever-widening scale of applicationsand marketing. The growth of biotechnology results in ever-expanding needs for collegegraduates who have knowledge of

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hemminger; Ralph Ford

simulation. Narrowband noise generation, removal, and examination of filter tradeoffs. • Correlation and a communication systems decoder. In summary, integration of DSP in the curriculum in previous courses has provides a solid base for this capstone course and allows the development of advanced applications and real- time hardware implementations.8) EE BD 480 & 481 – Electrical Design Projects and Capstone Project. This is a two course sequence in the 7th and 8th semesters. Many of our students work with software for the development stage but do not necessarily use DSP for their final project, although we certainly encourage it. Projects using a significant amount of DSP are included below: a

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Pfeffer; Rajesh N. Dave; Jonathan Luke; Ian S. Fischer; Anthony D. Rosato

Session 1626 PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY IN THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM AT NJIT Ian S. Fischer, Rajesh N. Dave, Jonathan Luke, Anthony D. Rosato and Robert Pfeffer New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102Abstract This paper discusses the development of a three-course concentration in particle technology at NJIToffered across the engineering curriculum which addresses the urgent need for undergraduate and graduateeducation in this vital field of manufacturing. Funded by an NSF-CRCD grant, a major goal is to integrate recentparticle

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4: Outreach & Collaboration

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hyunjung Lee, Cornell University; Sarah Lane, Cornell University; Christina Sheley, Cornell University; Jill H. Powell, Cornell University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

on to state that this can be supported by the growing number ofentrepreneurial courses which have been added to the curriculum, by having students working onprojects with companies, and by working with the technology transfer office within theuniversity [2, p. 3].The last factor driving business representation in engineering curriculums is an increase in thenumber of interdisciplinary programs on campus. Formal intersections that occur within existingcurricular frameworks, and include some form of collaboration, were illustrated in multiplestudies. Those include integration of case-based learning or business skills training to anengineering course sequence [6], [14], [15], transformation of a traditional engineeringcurriculum by

Conference Session

Computer and Electrical Engineering Technology Innovations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MADDUMAGE KARUNARATNE, University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown; Gregory Dick, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Engineering Technology

Electrical Engineering Technology program at the University of Pittsburgh atJohnstown (UPJ).The paper also describes several considerations taken into account during the adaptation ofHardware Description Languages (HDL) and automation based digital design flow to theUPJ curriculum. The demographics of UPJ’s student population and their immediate careerssuggest that most graduates do not pursue graduate studies in computer engineering, nor dothey seek employment related to design and manufacture of integrated circuit components.As a result, a detailed in depth study of modern digital design methodologies is not anecessity.The paper explains the course topics and the related laboratory assignments of the coredigital electronics course for UPJ

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Ashley J Earle, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

the microprocessors into the curriculum has provided a platform for hands-onlearning in classes that are more traditionally lecture based. Currently, Arduinos are sometimesintroduced in a sophomore level circuits course. All juniors then use the Arduinos exclusivelyfor interfacing with different sensors and actuators in an Instrumentation Lab course. In thiscourse, the microprocessors allow students to design their own experiments to evaluate sensorsand to complete a final project of their own design. A senior level Automatic Controls coursehas also leveraged the Arduinos to learn about different control methods through severaldifferent hands-on experiments. The microprocessors allow students to easily change the gainsin different types of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering curriculum atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago since Fall 2018. In particular, "electrification" of studentprojects and learning outcomes has been front and center in the department's latest strategicplanning. Leveraging recent literature and faculty expertise, an increasingly deeper integration ofArduino has since taken place, while attempting to maintain the core of team-based mechanicaldesign using morphological methods. The focus of this paper is to identify the challenges andpitfalls in such an endeavor by reflecting on the process of change over three semesters ofimplementation, including the deployment of both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Inparticular, this paper will examine course content development, teaching staff

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

so far. Two of thesegraduated hold manufacturing engineering positions in the Huntsville-Decatur area ofAlabama.Bibliography/References1. Engineering Education – Designing an Adaptive System - Edited by the Board on Engineering Education, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council. National Academy Press. Washington D.C. 1995.2. Manufacturing Education Plan: Phase I Report. “Industry Identifies Competency Gaps Among Newly Hired Engineering graduates. Published by the Society of Manufacturing engineers and the SME Education Foundation, 19973. Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum, The American

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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

scientific method, this progress is quantitatively parameterizedsince evaluation of the enhancement of functional capacity, to the rational engineer, requires anagreed-upon metric. From this understanding, the role of the engineer is linked to the ability toparameterize characteristics and tune them as desired. This approach, which deconstructscomplex physical systems in order to assess and optimize parts of a whole, is limited by theinteractions of the parts and the possibility of integration into the whole. The whole is not alwayseasily deconstructed, but, in the face of these limitations, engineers use their judgement to assesswhat is an acceptable model of the physical system within an acceptable error [16]. In this way,the design of engineered

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Sana Nawaz, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

into the engineering curriculum, Center Approach and Whole Curriculumapproach. a) The Center Approach refers to as developing a multidisciplinary GREEN center to serve as a focal point towards promoting sustainable design. The Georgia Institute of Technology’s center for sustainability is an exemplary model to this approach. b) The Whole Curriculum approach refers to designing a new curriculum integrating more Sustainable Green perspective.Brown (2009) developed an elective course in Green Building Practices and LEED Certificationat California State University, for the construction management students that led to a fast pacedLEED AP training course for construction professionals. The results shaped a collaborative