Paper ID #37379Innovative Industry-Related Research Projects for CivilEngineering Undergraduate StudentsMohammad Jonaidi Dr. Jonaidi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering at Kennesaw State University (KSU). He has about 37 years of Industrial and Academic experience in the field of structural engineering, about 16 years of which consists of teaching and research. He has been teaching Civil Engineering courses at various universities in Tehran, Sydney and Atlanta. He obtained his PhD degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia in 1998. After
Paper ID #36582Project-based multidisciplinary graduate program for community-centereddesignProf. Nathalia Peixoto, George Mason University Nathalia Peixoto received her BSc and MSc degrees in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from the University of Campinas (Brazil). Her work focused on experimental models for migraines. During her doctoral work she took part in the German Retina Implant project (University of Bonn). She obtained her PhD in Microelectronics from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. As a post-doctoral researcher with Stanford University, she investigated microfabricated oxygen sensors for cardiac
Paper ID #36554Inter-Disciplinary Senior Design Projects with IndustryPartnership - A Pilot StudyAdeel Khalid (Professor) Dr. Adeel Khalid is a Professor of Systems Engineering at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Marietta, Georgia. His expertise includes Multidisciplinary design and optimization of Aerospace systems. His industry experience includes working as a systems engineer at Avidyne Corporation. Dr. Khalid received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. He holds Master of Science degrees in the discipline of Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, and
Paper ID #36557Vibration Analysis Projects of Lumped-Parameter andDistributed-Parameter SystemsShengyong Zhang (Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering) Shengyong Zhang (syzhang@pnw.edu) is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Purdue University Northwest. He has teaching and research interest in the areas of computer modeling and simulation, vibration and acoustics, automobile lightweight design, and engineering education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Vibration Analysis Projects of
Paper ID #36713Implementing Project Based System Analysis in IntroductoryEngineering ThermodynamicsJeffrey David Carvell (Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering) PhD. Physics, Purdue University © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Implementing Project Based System Analysis in Introductory Engineering ThermodynamicsAbstract:The following paper is an evidence-based practice paper. When first teaching introductoryengineering thermodynamics, it was seen that the lowest scores in the semester occurred onquestions
Paper ID #36661Designing the Project-Based Learning Experience usingMotivation TheoryLauren Anne Cooper (Assistant Professor) TestDaria Kotys-Schwartz Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Director of the Idea Forge—a flexible, cross-disciplinary design space at University of Colorado Boulder. She is also the Design Center Colorado Director of Undergraduate Programs and a Teaching Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She received B.S. and M.S degrees in mechanical engineering from The Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder. Kotys-Schwartz
Paper ID #37555Outreach Projects: Towards a Structured Curricular Activityfor Chemical Engineering StudentsJoaquin Rodriguez (Faculty) Joaquin Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh since 2018. He received his bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simon Bolivar (Caracas, Venezuela), MSc. and PhD in the same discipline from the University of Pittsburgh. He developed his expertise in thermal cracking processes and advanced materials (needle coke, carbon fibers) from oil, and became business leader for specialty
Paper ID #37571WIP: Implementing Mini-Projects to Build Community andImprove Student EngagementLeon Liebenberg (Teaching Associate Professor) Leon is a Teaching Associate Professor in mechanical science and engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. He is also a Fellow of the UIUC's Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. In the Grainger College of Engineering, Leon leads the ENGagement In eNgineering Education (ENGINE) instructional innovation team, where he and his multidisciplinary colleagues are investigating ways to promote deep learning. Before coming to UIUC, he was a professor
Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Weaving Failure Analysis into a First-Year Robotics ProjectBackground and RationaleThis complete evidence-based practice paper describes the evolution and subsequent assessmentof what began as a failure analysis component in an existing first-year engineering cornerstonecourse. The Ohio State University's First-year Engineering Honors program engages students inan intensive design-and-build robotics project in the second course of a two-course sequence [1].The primary educational goal is to give students a realistic engineering experience, leading toeducated decisions about whether engineering is the profession they want for themselves, and, ifso
Paper ID #37878Harnessing Project Management Skills from Students HavingIndustry Work ExperienceMuhammad Rahman (Professor) Endowed Chair Professor at Wichita State University since 2014. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Harnessing Project Management Skills from Students Having Industry Work Experience Khan Habeeb Ur Rahman, Ph.D. University of Mount Union Muhammad M. Rahman, Ph.D
nanotechnology engineering education and research. He is a licensed PE in the State of Colorado, a member of ASEE, a senior member of IEEE, and a senior member of SME. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com A Silver Lining: Engineering Senior Capstone Projects During PandemicAbstract Most of the undergraduate engineering programs culminate in a required senior capstoneproject where students demonstrate their knowledge, skills, creativity, and design capabilities.These projects are frequently completed by teams having 3 - 5 students per team. Often, the successof an undergraduate engineering
Paper ID #38367The AMPLIFY Project: Experiences of EngineeringInstructional Faculty at HSIsYamile Urquidi Cerros Yamile is a graduate research assistant at The University of Texas at El Paso, pursuing a master's degree in Engineering with concentrations in Environmental Engineering and Engineering Education. Yamile's active research interests center around the intersection of engineering, education, and sustainability. Yamile plans to pursue a multidisciplinary PhD in Environmental Engineering.Henry Salgado University of Texas at El PasoValerie Vanessa Bracho Perez (Graduate Research Assistant) Valerie
Paper ID #38414Reducing Student Resistance to Active Learning ThroughInstructor Development: Project UpdateLea K. Marlor Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Engineering Education Research at the University of Michigan.Cynthia Finelli Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Professor of Education, and Director of Engineering Education Research at University of Michigan. In her research she focuses on increasing faculty adoption of evidence-based instruction, promoting students' sociotechnical skills and abilities, and supporting the success of neurodiverse engineering
Paper ID #37805Rethinking the Student Learning Objectives in anArchitectural Project-based CourseOsama E. Mansour Dr. Mansour is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at Western Kentucky University, he is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP BD+C) and a Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (MRAIC). Current research focuses on Post Occupancy Evaluation of high-performance buildings and indoor environmental quality. Dr. Mansour has interdisciplinary background, he is an Architectural Engineer received his PhD in Environmental Design from University of
Director of the Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington (UW) and an Affiliate Assistant Professor in UW Sociology. She was the 2020-2021 Chair of the ASEE Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI). She is a former Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) and the recipient of the 2020 WEPAN Founders Award. She has led social science research projects such as the UW portion of NSF funded Revolutionizing Engineering Departments Participatory Action Research (REDPAR) and the Sloan funded Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE). She also manages program evaluations that provide actionable strategies to improve diversity, equity, and
Paper ID #38324The WRI2TES Project: Writing Research Initiating IdentityTransformation in Engineering StudentsRoyce Francis (Associate Professor) Dr. Royce Francis is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. His engineering education research explores the linkages between professional identity formation and engineering judgment. Dr. Francis earned his Ph.D. from Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, his M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and his B.S. in Civil
Impacts (CENI) at ICAT. Her work focuses on building networks between the university and multiple community sectors and supporting evidence-based outreach in science, engineering, arts, and design. She translated a decade of interdisciplinary initiatives into VT’s Innovations Pathway Minor, and has directed 11 PhD dissertations, served on 17 PhD committees, and funded and mentored 6 post-graduate scholars (5 PhD, 1 MFA). Her funded NSF projects include revolutionizing the culture of the VT ECE department, identifying practices in intentionally inclusive Maker spaces, and researching effective modes of co-creation between housing experts and remote Alaska Native communities.Justin Kleiber Justin received his B.S. in
on developing to teach innovation and creativity in post-secondary education. She is an advocate for underrepresented groups in science and engineering and works on removing systemic barriers that exist in their advancement.Mahmood Moussavi (Senior Instructor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Integrated Learning in Software Engineering Through Project-Based Learning (PBL)Yalda Afshar1 , Mohammad Moshirpour2 , Emily Marasco3 , Jalal Kawash4 , Laleh Behjat5 , and Mahmood Moussavi61,2,3,5,6 Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary 4 Department
Paper ID #36997Evaluating ABET Student Outcome (2) in a MultidisciplinaryCapstone Project SequenceNicholas A Baine (Associate Professor of Engineering) Nicholas Baine, Ph.D., P.E. is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at Grand Valley State University (GVSU). He is the current Chair of the North Central Section of the American Society of Engineering Education and is the faculty adviser for Laker Racing (GVSU’s Formula SAE Team). His expertise is in the design of electrical control systems and sensor data fusion. He has done research in a variety of applications, which include integrity monitoring
Paper ID #37017Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Projects for First-YearEngineering StudentsHenrik Routhe Henrik W. Routhe is educated M.Sc.EE (1989) and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Organization) from Aalborg University. He is currently employed as PhD fellow at the Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO. Prior to entering research in 2016, he has 30 years of experience as engineer, project manager, consultant and director at a vocational school. His current research interests is focused on engineering education research
Paper ID #36557Capstone Projects: A Dynamic Balance between Undergraduate CurriculaandIndustrial NeedsDr. Gang LIU, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Dr. Gang Liu is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Division of Physical and Computational Sciences, at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering in 2006 and another Ph.D. degree in engineering education in 2018. He teaches undergraduate mechanical engineering courses, including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, ma- terial science and structure, etc. His research interests include
Paper ID #36526Applying Agile Business Solutions as a Graduate Capstone ProjectDr. David S Greenburg, The Citadel David Greenburg is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Leadership and Program Management (ELPM) in the School of Engineering (SOE) at The Citadel. He served over 20 years of active military service in the United States Marine Corps in a variety of command and staff and leadership positions. Upon completion of active military service, he was a program manager in industry for seventeen years until he joined the faculty at The Citadel. His research interests include modeling project
in aerospace engineering sciences.Betsy Pingen, Union University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference Going Deeper in Engineering K-12 Outreach: Assistive Technology Projects Pingen, Georg and Pingen, Betsy Union University, Jackson, TN 38305AbstractTo expose students in our 3D printing outreach program to all aspects of the engineering designmethod and allow them to apply engineering, design, and 3D printing skills to meaningfulcommunity projects, we participated in the Make:able assistive technology challenge during
was Chair of the department from 1998 to 2014. He was also Chair of the Department of Information Sciences and Technology from 2016 to 2020. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Twenty-year Evolution and Lessons Learned from GMU ECE Capstone Projects Peter W. Pachowicz, Monson H. Hayes, and Andre Manitius Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030AbstractIt has been twenty years since capstone projects became team projects and evolved from a simpleformat to the current challenging endeavor for our
A Framework for Teaching Project Based Structural Engineering CoursesPaul McMullinPaul is an educator, structural engineer, and mountaineer. He holds degrees in Mechanical and Civilengineering, and is a licensed engineer in numerous states. He worked through college as a steel detailer,and spent the last 20 years working on unusual (and ordinary) projects. His favorite work is on historic,industrial structures, on the verge of falling down (or well on their way). He is the lead editor of theArchitects Guidebook to Structures. In his spare time, he loves being with his wife and kids; climbing,hiking, sewing packs, remodeling the house, and living life. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023A Framework
Paper ID #40647Introducing a Research Project to a First-year Mechanical LaboratoryCourseDr. Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middProf. Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology I am an Assistant Professor in Wentworth Institute of Technology. I have completed PhD from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.Dr. John Peter Voccio Assistant Professor, Ph.D
Paper ID #36447Isometric Projection as a Threat to Validity in the PSVT:RKristin Bartlett PhD student in Technology at Purdue UniversityJorge Dorribo Camba (Associate Professor) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Isometric Projection as a Threat to Validity in the PSVT:RAbstractThis work describes a study of graphics interpretation in a common test of spatial ability, thePurdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R). Tests of spatial abilities have long beenconsidered to assess a cognitive ability of manipulating shapes in the
, andMcLaughlin [13] addressed these issues and also emphasized the importance of implementation.As they state, “Involving and educating key university personnel in the selection of models andstrategies is critical to acceptance and validation of the process and to minimizing negativereaction internal or external to the campus” (page 1).This paper describes the salary equity study activities conducted at Rochester Institute ofTechnology (RIT) which are developed through several NSF ADVANCE past and currentfunded projects (IT-Catalyst Award No. 0811076, Institutional Transformation Award No.1209115, and Partnership Award No. 2121930). In our unique approach, a cross-RIT committeewas created to oversee the salary equity study and its dissemination
diseases such as West Nile, dengue, Zika,Malaria, and others. By understanding more about mosquito populations, it can assist indeveloping effective mosquito population control methods. One of the potential mosquitobreeding spots are stagnant waters. It would be beneficial to the mosquito research to monitorand analyze the water properties of the potential mosquito breeding spots. This project used aquadcopter platform to allow a user to pilot the quadcopter to these locations from somewherefurther away. The difficulties, time, and resources can be cut by utilizing a quadcopter platform.This saves time, manpower, and resources as it condenses a trip by boat or foot through hard toaccess areas and allows for safety of the researchers. This water
Paper ID #37585Developing Collaborative Online International Learning(COIL) projects in Engineering EducationMeredith Blumthal Meredith Blumthal became the Director of International Programs in the Grainger College of Engineering in 2017, and has 15 years of experience in international education. She collaborates with faculty members across the college to create international education opportunities for engineering students, including semester, short-term faculty-led and summer research experiences. Meredith has doubled faculty led programs since her start, and was instrumental starting COIL courses in