Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

A.O. Richardson

analyzing systems and a variety of student independent projects are undertaken. Thecourse has proven to be a good preparation for the increasing industrial demand for entry levelengineers with hands-on dsp know-how.IntroductionThe California State University, Chico(CSUC) offers Electronics Circuits for Digital Dignalprocessing, an undegraduate/first year graduate course, with two hours of lectures and three hoursof laboratory per week. The course has as its objective, to facilitate student understanding of DSPconcepts by implementing real-time applications, and develop appreciation for comparative VLSIDSP architectures by working with the Motorola DSP56002. The course, which has been taughtabout five times using the DSP56001 with good student

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeve Bakic, Boise State University; Samantha Schauer, Boise State University; Krishna Pakala, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

earlier, allowing students to focus on‘understanding’ the content rather than just ‘knowing’ the content [8]. The difference being thatlecture based teaching tends to focus on theory and strict processes, limiting students to findingone particular ‘right’ answer. Active learning methods, such as flipped-classrooms,think-pair-share activities, and case study reflections, push students to defy their normalcognitive boundaries of what engineering “is” [9, 10]. This education method can ease the oftenfrustrating transition that seniors experience during capstone design courses where students areexpected to translate isolated concepts learned in classrooms to suddenly very technicallycomplex projects [11]. The frustration that students experience

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabella Stuopis, Boston College; Kiana Alexa Ramos; Caitlyn Hancock; Emanuel Joseph Louime; Avneet Hira, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

two middle school afterschool STEM clubsthat are implementing youth-led design workshops into their program. Along with the researchteam and afterschool coordinators, youth leaders design and develop engineering workshops thatpromote belonging in engineering and center preventing harm (in engineering). In these designand development meetings, youth leaders learn about technologies that are new to them, identifyproblems in their communities, and work with the team to design each session of the workshop.In sharing ownership of the project, we hope to further the sense of belonging and solvecommunity-based issues. In the poster-presentation, we will report on the early findings andlessons learned during the implementation of this program.Goals

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Akemi Nariyoshi; Said Shakerin, University of the Pacific

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

dedicated to Itsuo Sakane, prominent author and chief curator of exhibitions interfacing arts, sciences, and human perception.AbstractA unique undergraduate research course is reported here. The course was created for a student toexplore the fertile field that interfaces fluid dynamics and art. The course encompassed severalcomponents including creation of visually engaging objects utilizing fluid motion as a centraltheme. In this paper, the course structure and content are outlined, followed by description ofthree projects to illustrate how interested students can create objects that aesthetically showcasefluids-related phenomena. The objects produced via these projects are suitable as demonstrationtools in informal science

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Audo, Pittsburg State University; Seth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

AC 2010-711: CONSTRUCTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS IN 1ST- 8TH GRADEDennis Audo, Pittsburg State UniversitySeth O'Brien, Pittsburg State University Seth O’Brien Mr. O’Brien is an instructor at Pittsburg State University in the Department of Construction Management/Construction Engineering Technology; teaching Construction Contracts, Surveying I, Senior Projects and Materials Testing and Inspection. Mr. O’Brien worked in the construction industry for 6 years serving as a Project Manager and Estimator for general contractors prior to joining the staff at PSU. Page 15.316.1© American Society

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Holt Zaugg, Brigham Young University; Spencer Magleby, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

International

project. Team members communicate using various software and hardware tools such asemail, audio and video conferencing, shared design documents, and CAD design models.For the past three years, faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU) have coordinated theefforts of student teams across the globe, including teams in Canada, China, India, Korea,Sweden, Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Australia, in a large scale design-and-build project.Building on those efforts, we recently initiated a National Science Foundation sponsored Page 15.385.2research program to develop and assess the effectiveness of global collaborative designexperiences in developing

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University; Zoe Wood Wood; Alana Christine Snelling

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

. Fulbright Scholar.Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State UniversityDr. Fred W DePiero, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Fred DePiero received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State Uni- versity in 1985 and 1987. He then worked as a Development Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory until 1993. While there he was involved in a variety of real-time image processing projects and several laser-based ranging systems. Fred began working on his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee while still at ORNL, and completed it in May 1996. He then joined the faculty at CalPoly. Fred is presently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs in the College of Engineering.Dr. Zoe Wood Wood

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

Session 2150 Assessing the Assessments: Sometimes the Results are Surprising Joy L. Colwell, Jana Whittington, James Higley Purdue University CalumetABSTRACT: The Manufacturing Engineering Technologies and Supervision Department atPurdue University Calumet has been actively involved with course embedded assessmenttechniques for more than three years. The assessment project has spanned the engineeringtechnologies programs, the computer graphics technology program, and the

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Justin Davis

laboratory isdesigned to continuously evolve. Each semester has ten one-week fixed assignmentswith a three-week design project at the end of the semester. The fixed assignments areindividual and have specific learning objectives dictated by the course outline. Thedesign projects are team-based and use the same learning objectives as the fixedassignments. The finished design projects are then used as next semester’s fixedassignments. This paper will provide the details and evaluate the effectiveness of thisapproach.1. Introduction The development of the Internet has created a very efficient method ofdisseminating information. It is so efficient, that stopping the flow of protectedinformation is extremely difficult. This has been proven in many

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley; Jana Whittington; Joy Colwell

degree andcreate a “project team”. For example: in a CGT bachelor’s degree program,develop six performance assessments (critiques) and rubrics, two in each of threesuccessive courses within the program.This approach uses six flexible, adaptable assessment tools, consisting of acritique and rubric for two projects in each of three successive courses. Theproject team produces valid, reliable assessment tools in the form of performanceassessment based critiques and rubrics which document student learning. Theteam documents the validity and reliability of the developed assessment tools, in away appropriate for this type of assessment tool, and also prepares all necessarydocumentation to prepare other faculty to use the assessment tools in

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Fisher

criticalobjectives are to increase retention of undergraduate students to graduation and to decrease thetime to graduation. The project described in this paper is focused on these two objectives. Page 10.1346.3 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The CircLES ProgramIn 1995 the National Science Foundation funded UTEP and five other minority-servinginstitutions as Model Institutions for Excellence in an effort to develop models for undergraduatescience, technology, engineering, and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kerry Kinney; Tricia Berry

GLUE: Sticking with Engineering through Undergraduate Research Ms. Tricia S. Berry, Dr. Kerry A. Kinney The University of Texas at AustinAbstractThe Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) isin the third year of developing, managing and expanding a hands-on, seminar-basedundergraduate research program, Graduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering(GLUE). GLUE undergraduate student participants are matched by major and interest area witha graduate student for the spring semester. The undergraduate participant works with thegraduate student on a research project three to five hours per

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Anneliese Watt; Jeff Froyd; Julia Williams

communication. The purpose ofassigning students to a capstone design project is to give them the opportunity to developtheir skills in the context of a situated learning experience. As such, we expect studentsto achieve a specific set of learning outcomes that are not customarily required in thetraditional engineering classroom. This paper identifies learning outcomes in both designand writing, then associates strategies from each field as methods to improve studentlearning. Borrowing strategies across disciplinary boundaries, this paper providesvaluable insights for faculty in both engineering and technical communication who areinterested in expanding the repertoire of strategies they use to teach design andcommunication.IntroductionEngineering design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

maximize the impact both regionally andnationally.United States – Australia Renewable Energy and Green SkillsLearning Exchange Project - Phase 1 - Building and Implementing theUS-Australia Green Learning Exchange and NetworkProject SummaryIntellectual MeritThe goal of this U.S.-Australia Renewable Energy and Green Skills Learning Exchangeproject is to develop a community of technical educators to improve curricula andpedagogy by sharing best practices in the content, teaching, certifications, articulationand career pathways for the green skills in renewable energy disciplines in both theUnited States and Australia. Specific renewable energy technician-level disciplines to betargeted will include but not be limited to: solar photovoltaic and solar

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

collaboration with the CyberInnovation Center (CIC), a 501c3 not-for-profit corporation. Physics and Cyber Science wereoriginally piloted regionally in 2010 and 2011, respectively, and then, expanded to a largerregion including schools in the states Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas in 2011 and 2012,respectively.Established through the CIC is the National Integrated Cyber Research Center (NICERC).NICERC’s Cyber Science and Physics courses utilize many technologies and projects to drive tothe fundamental content. Cyber Science, specifically, integrates various disciplines (engineering,computer science, and liberal arts) to convey the ideas of cyber. NICERC’s Physics utilizes amicrocontroller platform to convey physics concepts. With such unique curricula

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Engineering Technology); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Jack G. Zhou, Drexel University (Eng.)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Belu is an assistant professor within the Engineering Technology program at Drexel Uni- versity in Philadelphia. He holds the second position as research assistant professor at Desert Research Institute–Renewable Energy Center at Reno, Nev. Before Drexel University, Dr. Belu held faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and the United States. He also worked for several years as a project manager and senior consultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, elec- tric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse; Tim Bower; Eduard Plett

-  Key Mechanical Courses MET 246 Dynamics of Machines -   MET 252 Fluid Power Technology -  Elective MET 264 Machine Design Technology 1 (Sophomore Capstone Project -   MET 346 Elements of Mechanisms -  Elective MET 382 Industrial Instrumentation and Controls

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 1

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Wenhai Li, Farmingdale State College; Yue Hung, Farmingdale State College; Reiss Guttman, Farmingdale State College; Sen Zhang, State University of New York, Oneonta; Ning Yu, State University of New York, Brockport

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

into the robotics class, we leverage a subject that’s already familiar toMET students. Robotics and automation are naturally suited to learning AI/ML since many of the conceptsand tools overlap with AI/ML applications. This integration allows us to enhance students’ understandingof robotic systems while introducing them to AI/ML in a manageable way, without overwhelming themwith entirely new material.The module is centered around applied, hands-on experience. Rather than focusing solely on lectures,students will engage in a series of lab projects that directly apply AI/ML to real-world problems. Theseprojects will help students gain practical experience with AI tools and techniques, such as using computervision (CV) for robotic control or

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ralph Belton; Ahmet Zeytinci

opportunity toapply classroom learning to support positive change in the community. The application ofclassroom learning that will help advance the welfare of a community constitutes servicelearning.The flexible syllabi approach provides a basis for students to begin the learning process directedto community assistance. Students’ curiosity and interest is immediately peaked when a studioproject shows relevance to real world problems.Historically senior civil engineering students’ design projects begin with architectural designdrawings, specifications and concepts that form the basis for engineering solutions. Seniorarchitecture students are also expected to synthesize their Architecture Studio VI project todemonstrate facility with principles of

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Paul Ross; Gisela Kutzbach

start.What was not clear from the start was that new attitudes, new uses of old tools, and a newand clearer “theme” would evolve for CTI.Ross and Kutzbach 3 In the Online ClassroomD. The Virtues of the “Classroom” for Engaged ParticipantsThe virtues of the real “ classroom” encourage engagement and participation by allstudents. These “virtues” can be captured in a few goals for the effective classroom.However, it must be noted that this classroom is optimized for the field of technicalcommunication, for project based education, and for participation in general. In“information intensive” classes, the emphasis may be on covering a certain large area ofknowledge adequately in a given length of time, and

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph Strathman; David C. Macke; Steve E. Watkins

Creating a Conference Poster Composite Wing Development Joseph Strathman,AuthorsC. Macke Jr., Dr. Steve Watkins David or Reserachers Electrical Engineering Department Department or Organization The Project The Plane and Wing 3 Main Wing Components Develop an

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Behnam Bahr; Kurt Soschinske; George Gray

attend and participate in a MechanicalEngineering seminar series that will expose them to topics such as Ethics, Safety, EnvironmentalIssues, Global Collaboration, Energy Conservation, Entrepreneurial Aspects of Engineering,Engineering Professionalism, Sustainability, Manufacturability, Project Management, and othertopics of professional interest and use. Furthermore, students will have opportunities to work asa team on faculty’s research project or a creative project of their own. These hand-onopportunities will give Mechanical Engineering students a more insightful appreciation formanufacturing capabilities and limitations, and permit them to coordinate more effectively withengineering technologists to create more competitive products in the

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Singli Garcia-Otero; E. Sheybani; Eduardo Garcia-Otero

Virginia State University, the most important factor for retaining studentsis the students’ interest and motivation. The students need to be interested in STEM, andneed to be motivated to perform all of the work necessary to complete a STEM degree.In order to excite and increase the students’ interest and motivation, VSU (Virginia StateUniversity) and Louisburg College (LC) partnered with NASA to create a summerinternship at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), where eight undergraduates workedwith NASA scientists on advanced electrical aeronautic projects. This paper documents theimpact that this exciting partnership is having on the students.BackgroundVirginia State University (VSU)VSU is a Land Grant institution founded in 1882, located in

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David Domermuth

for flow, pressure, power, design, cost, feasibility, and applications. The authorteaches Engineering Technology in a department that emphasizes alternative, appropriate, andsustainable approaches to energy, building, and manufacturing. This project is a perfect exampleof how Engineering Technology can provide applied engineering solutions.Key Words: OTEC, Earl Beck, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, Alternative EnergyConversion, Micro-Hydro, Steam Lift Pump, Air Pump, David DomermuthIntroductionFor two hundred years, people have relied on some form of the Carnot Engine cycle to convertheat into mechanical energy1. In 1975, Earl Beck patented a process of drawing hot waterthrough a cavitating venturi, creating foam rising in a pipe, and

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

of databases The perspective changes according to the user Very large database environments: Data marts, warehouses, miningProjects:Various ideas for projects have been tried. The least effective have been writing a paperon something that the instructor says. It is just another boring paper to write. Moreinteresting projects are hands-on. These projects have to do with grouping studentstogether to investigate a technological aspect of their major.Another type of project has been where students were split up into different groups andthey have to debate a subject where they need to learn about some technology. Studentsin different sections have also been brought together so that they can interact with eachother on a

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William Lorenz; Ross Lee; Karl Schmidt; Pritpal Singh

entire life cycle of the product, service or built environment issue ofinterest. As an example of applied engineering principles, the foundation idea of this type ofassessment is the “material and energy” balance. Scope&of&Interest&is&Across&the&En1re& Product,&Process,&or&Project&Life&Cycle& M, E! M, E! M, E! M, E! M, E! M, E! R! !w!! a!! ! !! !! a M! t erial M! !t! ! !! !! a er ia l M! !n! !a! !u

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

of databases The perspective changes according to the user Very large database environments: Data marts, warehouses, miningProjects:Various ideas for projects have been tried. The least effective have been writing a paperon something that the instructor says. It is just another boring paper to write. Moreinteresting projects are hands-on. These projects have to do with grouping studentstogether to investigate a technological aspect of their major.Another type of project has been where students were split up into different groups andthey have to debate a subject where they need to learn about some technology. Studentsin different sections have also been brought together so that they can interact with eachother on a

Collection

2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Brian Davis; Chris Dorchester; Ted Geldmacher; Tim William; Salah Badjou

on pollution and energy costs. This project was completed in a semester-longjunior-level Electromechanical Design course of the interdisciplinary electromechanical engineering program atWentworth Institute of Technology. All goals were met, a functioning prototype developed, and the finalcalculations made for the installation of a turbine in Keene, New Hampshire with a power output estimation of 71kW.Keywords: Renewable energy, turbine, generator, electric grid INTRODUCTIONWith the growing concern of a cleaner living environment, renewable energy has generated a large interest andmarket [9]. With a high potential energy stored in water towers through the pressure caused by gravity, there

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Fendt, Baylor University

solvers and communicators, and not justautomatons that spit out code. Several years ago, I developed a new assignment to help them practicethese skills.Over the last two years, students in my mid-level Data Structures and Algorithms class have had theopportunity to reach a broader audience for one of their projects by presenting research posters at theSouthwest Data Science Conference, which is hosted at Baylor. Students work in pairs to use thesame data processing and communication skills that they need for the other projects but also combinethem with effective poster design and oral presentation. During the lunch hour conference postersession, students alternately stand by their displays and explain them to conference attendees andthen walk

Conference Session

Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; April Tallant, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

course) or to fulfill an Honors contract through a required major course in order tocomplete the 24 credit hours required to receive the Honors Diploma [3]. With engineeringcurriculum requiring 17-18 credit hours per semester, engineering students have little to nocapacity for completing the Honors Path through extra course work and typically couple Honorscontract projects with their engineering courses. Honors contract projects are mentored bysponsoring faculty mentors and are closely related to the faculty members’ engineering practiceand/or research efforts. The Honors contract projects are often (although optionally) presentedorally to the entire class, which is not only beneficial to the students who conduct them, but alsoinspirational for