Conference Session

Preparing and Retaining Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

La Tondra Murray, Duke University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

ExperiencesCompetence: Knowledge - Cultivation of technical - Learning about new and/orabout the technical expertise emerging technologies whiledomain - Logical thinking managing routine job requirements - Critical thinking - Understanding the business - Analytical capability implications of technical decisions - Problem solving - Learning new processes, tools, and - Project management methodologies to support the organization’s goals

Conference Session

Engineering and Other Disciplines

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Anderson, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Susan Burkett, University of Alabama; Garry Warren, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama; David Cordes, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

project trackedthe movement of the dancers on the stage for a performance entitled Frequency that representedthe finale of the Repertory Dance Theatre’s spring recital. “This is probably the most innovativeconcert we have ever done” was the quote of the director of our dance program. The basic themeof “aliens among us” was realized when alien dancers distorted the signals on radios andtelevisions as they came in close contact with them. “We created a workshop this semester sostudents can experiment using technology and engineering in dance performances. The studentshave displayed incredible knowledge, creativity and professionalism in their approach to usingtechnology” according to the computer science faculty member involved in the

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-1848: BLENDING ONLINE LEARNING WITH A TRADITIONALCOURSEChristi Patton Luks, University of Tulsa Dr. Patton earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, a M.S. in Applied Mathematics from The University of Tulsa and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The University of Tulsa. Currently she is Applied Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. She directs many interdisciplinary design projects through the Chemical Engineering department and Engineers Without Borders. Page 14.285.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anoop Desai, Georgia Southern University; Jean-Claude Thomassian, State University of New York, Maritime College

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

effort to drive the point home.While on the one hand, there has been a hue and cry over conservation of resources andcleansing the environment, practically no attention has been paid to the ‘how to’ approach thatseeks to accomplish this noble objective. If it can be unequivocally proved that environmentalconsciousness actually does make business sense and in the long run could be cost effective, thatwould help in widening the umbrella of the conservationists. Additionally, it would also impartthe idea of sustainability more universal appeal.This paper presents just such an effort. The project that has been described in the followingpages was undertaken at a university in the Southeast United States. The university has beenundergoing a

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Shelli Kay Starrett

engineering courses is discussed. A variety of course projects utilizing the internet are described.This paper gives some observations from the instructor and reactions from students participating in thecourses. The students learned to use the Internet resources quickly, and student response has been quitepositive.I. INTRODUCTION The use of computer and information technology in the classroom and course assignments increasesstudent enthusiasm and makes communications and data exchanges more efficient. The World Wide Web(WWW or web) and the Internet allow students to communicate with each other and with the instructor ontheir own time schedule. A student can post a question at midnight that the instructor answers the nextmorning (or vice versa

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

III, Thomas K. Miller; Catherine E. Brawner

engineering design to students early in their academic careers. Theprimary purpose of this evaluation is to determine how well the Entrepreneurs Program is meeting its objectivesand other SUCCEED deliverables. The approach to engineering education undertaken by the Entrepreneurs Program is relatively unusual inthat it includes students at all academic levels participating on design teams. A few others have had success witha similar approach. Lil describes team oriented design projects at the University of Wisconsin-PlatteviUe whichnot only includes students at all academic levels, but is also interdisciplinary in nature by including students fromboth the Electrical Engineering and Chemistry departments. His course integrates product desig

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo Ann Parikh

Department at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) is currently in theprocess of implementing a curricular and laboratory development project that integrates key conceptsand practical experiences in parallel computing throughout the undergraduate curriculum. The goal ofthis project is to build a strong foundation in parallel computing which would optionally culminate inadvanced, senior-level specialized courses in parallel computing and/or senior research projects. This paper describes the laboratory facility we developed to support instruction in parallel anddistributed computing and the parallel computing modules which were incorporated into three of ourcore undergraduate courses: data structures, operating systems, and programming

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Saeed B. Niku

new employees beknowledgeable in this area. The result has been course offerings in the senior years in many disciplines. Additionally, many institutions have been supported by the National Science Foundation, both directlyand through NSF Coalitions, to create programs in Mechatronics and to prepare teachers in mechatronics .Additionally, NSF has supported the idea of inclusion of mechatronic concepts in other courses, including firstyear engineering courses (Synthesis Coalition). The basic thrust of this project is to introduce students to mechatronics ideas and concepts in their firstyear engineering course although they do not yet have the basic necessary knowledge. As a result, it is essentialthat in every project all

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler; Thomas Lenox

with a rational basis for comparing and evaluating the out-of-class demands and academic rigor of those courses. (4) Survey results for successive iterations of the same course provide the course director and program director with clear indicators of historical trends; the results also provide a means of assessing the impact of earlier changes to the course. LIMITATIONS The most common criticism of the time survey is that students’ self-reported time estimates are likely to be inaccurate and, in any event, can never be confirmed. Student time estimates are often assumed to be exaggerated, especially for major requirements like design projects. The authors acknowledge this criticism but

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

the choice ofmanufacturing processes, and finally to the insight as to why these materials are able todo the job that is required of them – this enquiry being the essential building block ofmaterials science knowledge. The remainder of the term was the supplementary bottom-up approach that followed the conventional body of knowledge sequence such as crystalstructures, phase diagrams, heat treatment principles and so on. The top-down approachincluded among other things two main teaching tools. The first tool consisted ofliterature research projects conducted by each student on a contemporary topic inmaterials engineering. The students were given research papers from current materialsscience journals as their primary resource. The students were

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year Articulation and Cooperation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqulyn Baughman, Iowa State University; Steven Mickelson, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University; Lora Leigh Chrystal, Iowa State University; Mary Goodwin, Iowa State University; Paul Castleberry, Iowa State University; Jennifer Garrett, Iowa State University; Doug Gruenewald, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Randy Jedele, Des Moines Area Community College; Harry McMaken, Des Moines Area Community College; Kevin Saunders, Iowa State University; Randy Smith, Des Moines Area Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Page 14.43.1Mary Darrow, Iowa State University Mary Darrow is a doctoral student in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) at ISU. She has extensive community college experience, and came to ISU from DMACC. She is currently the project coordinator for the SEEC project, and is also involved in many STEM intiatives at ISU.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 intiatives at ISU. Page 14.43.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 A Learning Village: Utilizing a Holistic Approach to Create Connections between Community College Pre-Engineering Students and Iowa State’s College of

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; James Dockendorf, Normandale Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

materials onto asubstrate. Laboratory exercises range from low-cost transmission lineexperiments to capstone laboratory activities using a table-top sputtering system.Faculty-enhancement workshops include both basic and advanced workshopsrelated to RF plasma processing and measurement.The project, funded through a grant from the Advanced Technological Educationprogram at the National Science Foundation (NSF # 0603175), is an extension ofwork performed at Portland Community College (NSF # 0101533). This projectincreases the robustness of the instructional modules, expands the number andscope of the laboratory exercises, and provides basic and advanced faculty-enhancement workshops for college and university faculty.This paper provides an overview of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Li, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

control plan morerealistic. FMEA seems to work best when a team documents its knowledge on cause- andeffect-relationships. In this analysis mode, the timely sequence of failure events should beworked out first, before entering results into a FMEA sheet. The students will learn howto apply this technology to improve the company’s competition in today’s market.Class projectsAll class formal projects, which are referenced from some U.S. famous and successfulcompanies, are introduced and assigned to students to help them in learning and planningthe manufacturing strategy in today’s industry. The instructor has brought his extensiveindustrial experiences in the class to help students in their project preparation andlearning process.The sampled class

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; La Verne Abe Harris, Purdue University; Mary Sadowski, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Science Foundation funded project: Enhancing Visualization Skills—Improving Options aNd Success (EnViSIONS). The purpose of the Envisions project is todisseminate and compare results for a course of remedial spatial visualization modules at sevenmajor universities. The data will be collected and the impact of the modules or courses will bemeasured independently at all universities.Four spatial ability modules were incorporated into one course at Purdue University: CGT 116,Geometric Modeling for Visualization & Communication, which is a core introductory computergraphics course that provides entry-level experiences in geometric modeling. As part of thiscourse, students develop geometric analysis and modeling construction techniques and

Conference Session

Issues and Direction in ET Education and Administration: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amin Karim, DeVry University; Jennifer McClain, IEEE

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Japan.However, although knowledge of standards should be integral to engineering and technologyeducation, standards education is still generally acquired after students graduate from college –in their professional lives and as needed. Private corporations, government agencies and otherprofessional organizations have provided this training for the last century, because mostengineering and technology programs in the United States do not have standards education intheir curriculums. In the college curriculums, consideration of standards has been generallylimited to applications in the design of senior projects. Page 14.1070.2The Engineering Accreditation

Conference Session

Computer ET Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Adams, Western Carolina University; James Zhang, Western Carolina University; Mark Azadpour, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

methods focus on the functionality of systemblocks to improve students’ understanding of system performance parameters. Positive resultshave been observed in strengthening students knowledge development on certain subjects.The systems approach has been applied to the development of engineering algorithms. In theSpring semester of 2005, we initiated a project in a Digital Signal Processing class toimplement a Matlab R algorithm that would produce lossless decomposition and reconstructionof a digital image using wavelets. The reason we chose this topic is twofold. First, the projectallows the student to subdivide two complicated processes into managable system blocks. Thistraining will be helpful when the ECET student graduates and takes on the

Conference Session

Novel Measurement Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terrance Lovell, Pennsylvania State University-Berks; Dale Litwhiler, Pennsylvania State University-Berks

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

the equipment is not a viable option in many applications. With the lowcost of USB digital cameras and the availability of LabVIEW™ VISION, a cost-effectivemethod of reading multiple meters of assorted types can be created. Duplicating the process thata human performs while reading a meter display is daunting. However, this process is simplifiedby using virtual instruments (VIs), which perform essential functions such as edge, pattern androtation detection. As part of an undergraduate research project, a computer, using LabVIEW™Vision, together with a USB digital camera is used to read a digital multimeter (DMM) and ananalog watt-hour meter. Circular edge detection, pattern searches, and rotation detection areused to locate dials and segments

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (3)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Cloutier, Texas Tech University; Guo Zheng Yew, Texas Tech University; Siddhartha Gupta, Texas Tech University; C. Kalpani Dissanayake; Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University; Susan A. Mengel, Texas Tech University; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

to his graduate work in the United States, he obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Malaysia and has participated in research projects involving offshore structures in Malaysia. As a graduate part-time instructor at Texas Tech University, he teaches an intro- ductory course in engineering to freshmen undergraduate students. He has taught at Texas Tech University since the fall of 2013.Mr. Siddhartha Gupta, Texas Tech University Siddhartha Gupta is a third-year PhD student in the department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and subsequently worked as shift engineer for two years with a Fortune 500 chemical company

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Justice, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nichole McFarland, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Systems Security Professional, CISSP. She created the networking option and security option for CIT majors and a Network Security Certificate Program. She has also designed and modified many courses in networking and networking security. Professor Justice is noted for her creation of the Living Lab, an experiential learning environment where students gain real world experience running an IT business. Dr. Justice takes extreme pride and is a great innovator in the area of experiential learning and service. Experiential learning and service contributes to the integration of theory and application by creating an environment where the students learn by doing or apply their theory in service learning projects, practica

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akbar M. Eslami, Elizabeth City State University; Momen Nasri Mohammad, Elizabeth City State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

deflection. Real world applications, such as designing structural components oftrusses, bridges, cars, aircraft, and spacecraft can be formulated and solved as engineeringoptimization problems. The goal of this project is to utilize computational methods includingnumerical and simulation analyses to find various optimal values and study the behavior of thestructure. The MATLAB optimization solver is used to find optimum values numerically withoutviolating constraints. The optimal values are, in turn, used as design parameters in theSolidWorks simulation software for creating a Computer Aided Design (CAD) model andvirtually simulating a CAD model of the structure to ensure that the structure can withstand real-world physical behavior. This project

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Juan R. Pimentel, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

industrial computer networks, particularly issues related to real-time protocols, safety-critical protocols, dependable automotive embedded distributed systems, and distributed industrial and embedded systems. He is a recognized international expert in the area of industrial communications and real-time and depend- able protocols. He has written 3 books on networking, multimedia systems, and safety-critical systems. He has worked with major manufacturing and process control projects involving products from companies such as Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, ABB, and GE-Fanuc. He has also prepared and delivered seminars in Europe, Middle East, North and South America in areas such as Distributed Control Systems, SCADA

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Associate professor at KTH.Prof. Anette Kolmos, Aalborg University Anette Kolmos is Professor in Engineering Education and PBL and Chairholder for UNESCO in Prob- lem Based Learning in Engineering Education, Aalborg University, Denmark. Guest professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Guest Professor at UTM University Technology Malaysia 2011-2013. President of SEFI 2009–2011 (European Society for Engineering Education). Founding Chair of the SEFI-working group on Engineering Education Research. During the last 20 years, Dr. Kolmos has re- searched the following areas, primarily within Engineering Education: development and evaluation of project based and problem based curriculum, change from traditional to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David A. Dillard, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sneha Patel Davison, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Todd P. Shuba, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cliff Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Arinjoy Basak, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jianqiang Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

University-West Lafayette.Prof. Cliff Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dr. Shaffer received his PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland, College Park in 1986. He is currently Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech, where he has been since 1987. He directs the AlgoViz and OpenDSA projects, whose goals respectively are to support the use of algorithm visual- ization in the classroom, and the development of a complete online collection of interactive tutorials for data structures and algorithms courses. His research interests are in Computational Biology and Bioin- formatics, Problem Solving Environments, Digital Education, Algorithm Visualization, Hierarchical Data

Conference Session

Teamwork and Student Learning in Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth Kames, Florida Institute of Technology ; Devanshi Shah, Florida Institute of Technology; Beshoy Morkos, Florida Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Dr. Morkos’ research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of system representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of system models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions at earlier stages of engineering design. On the engineer- ing education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering education through entrepreneurially-minded learning, improve persistence in engineering, address challenges in senior design education, and promote engineering education in international teams and settings. Dr. Morkos’ research is currently supported by the National Science

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ergin Erdem, Robert Morris University; Christopher Johnson, Robert Morris University; Sangho Shim, Robert Morris University; Jordan Williams

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Morris University (RMU) in Pennsylvania. Before he joined RMU in Fall 2015, he had performed research projects on combinatorial optimization as a research staff member of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He also performed the General Motors Renewable Energy Portfolio project with Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Department of Northwestern University since 2011. At Northwestern University and Georgia Institute of Technology, he also conducted the KT (Korea Telecom Corp) Smart Grid Project and the KT-LG Illinois Smart Building Project as Manager of KT in 2010-2011. Dr. Shim was an Instructor at Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009-2010 since my PhD degree in Industrial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine Mcgough Spence, Clemson University; Justine Chasmar, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #18601Engineering Student Motivation and Attitudes Towards Self-Regulated Learn-ingDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock J. LaMeres, Montana State University; Jessi L. Smith, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

of Psychology at Montana State University and is Special Assistant to the Provost as the PI and Director of ADVANCE Project TRACS. Her research specializes in social psycho- logical aspects of gender and culture that utilizes models and theories to advance the success of people at risk in education, business, and health. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Engineering a Culture of EngagementAbstract This paper presents the current status of a research project underway at Montana StateUniversity investigating student “dis-engagement” and how it relates to a student’s ultimatemotivation to enter the engineering workforce. This research aims to understand

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. 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 middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 RAMP: Summer Bridge Program for Female High School StudentsAbstractRAMP is a six-week, summer bridge program at our institute to help students explore STEMcareers and navigate the transition from high school to higher education. Over the past severalyears, RAMP has helped introduce over 150 youth to college life

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianluca Guadagni, University of Virginia; Hui Ma, University of Virginia; Lindsay Wheeler, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

research studyexplored the impact of the Teaching Methods course for UTAs and demonstrates the success ofour program. A discussion of the program and preliminary outcomes are discussed in this paper.IntroductionUndergraduate Teaching Assistants [UTAs] provide a fundamental support to our educationalmission. We started to employ them, as an experiment, in 2014 in a Differential Equationscourse, and we have reported about the details in [1a]. After few years many more courses in ourEngineering school, and Applied Mathematics (APMA) courses in particular, have introducedUTAs in their class activities. The project of this effort has grown substantially to become astable feature of our program. Students who enroll in our APMA courses know that in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

subject, but not so much for a discipline like manufacturing.Critical Thinking in Manufacturing Engineering EducationFour Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering BOK (Body of Knowledge) do not explicitly presentcritical thinking in its components including personnel effectiveness, any of the design,improvement, or management content, as well as the overarching components listed at the top ofthe graphic given below in Figure 1. Figure 1. Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering Education [10]Critical Thinking in a Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineering CourseThe authors employ two different projects in his Rapid Prototyping and Reverse Engineeringcourse. In the first project, student groups need to reverse engineer a simple toy. In