Paper ID #14493’Other’ Reasons to Invert a ClassDr. Brett Batson, Trine University Dr. Batson has taught thermal sciences courses (using both inverted and conventional modes of deliv- ery) at Trine University in Angola, Indiana since 2006. Prior to that, he taught three years at Iowa State University as an adjunct professor. His non-academic experience includes automatic controls for process turbocompressors, gas and steam turbines, and patent prosecution. His interests include mathematics edu- cation for engineering students, tools and materials for supporting student learning, and general pedagogy
TechnologyMajor (ENET), a concentration within Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) that focuses on electricalenergy and power systems. As part of this degree program, a gateway course will be required for all EETsophomores that is designed to recruit into the ENET major, to serve as an introduction to AC systemsanalysis, and to explain electric energy and power systems in a systems context. This course wasdesigned specifically with the IEEE mandate in mind, and great importance was placed on meeting theprogram characteristics described above. Therefore, the course content was chosen to emphasize theapplication of building renewable and efficient electric power systems. Topics such as renewable energyresources (wind, solar, and fuel cells), cleaner
Paper ID #15535Analysis of Student Preconceptions Related to Telecommunications and Qual-ity of ServiceProf. Mark J. Indelicato, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Mark J. Indelicato is an associate professor in the College of Applied Science and Technology (CAST) in the department of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology since 1990. Previously, he was a Large Business Systems Communications En- gineer for NEC America, specializing in large scale deployment of voice and data network switching equipment. He teaches in the Master of Science
Using 3D Printing Paper presented at2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23789.8. Bailey, R. T. (2015, June), Using 3D Printing and Physical Testing to Make Finite-Element Analyis More Real ina Computer-Aided Simulation and Design Course Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24982.Appendix: Method for scaling engineering drawings for 3D printingFollowing these instructions will allow you to create handheld visual aids of large scaleenvironmental engineering treatment works (e.g. sedimentation basin) and other largeengineering designs on our 3D printer. Keep in mind that the 3D printout can only serve as avisual aid because dimensions that are changed
Paper ID #14584A Building-Block Approach to Industrial Controls Laboratories Using Pro-grammable Logic ControllersProf. Robert J. Durkin, Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis Mr. Durkin teaches courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology; including the capstone design and independent study projects. He serves as a Faculty Senator and earned the 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award. He has over 25 years of engineering and manufacturing experience including; design, project management, and various engineering, research and manufacturing leadership roles. He has been awarded two US patents. He is an
unless other criteria are not met. A primarypurpose of ABET is to ensure engineers are receiving the skills and competencies needed to besuccessful engineers. With this purpose in mind, engaging ABET representatives in discussionsaround multidisciplinary capstones and how they may fit within ABET criteria may be useful –both for the university as well as for the ABET organization.Therefore, industry-university collaboration may be needed to develop an effective andsustainable multidisciplinary capstone. This collaboration could be facilitated by havingprofessionals from academic and industry work together to best understand and articulate what isneeded from the senior capstone course in terms of multidisciplinary content and skills, and thebest
Paper ID #17120Unseen Influences on Student Performance: Instructor Assessment StylesDr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Elif Miskioglu is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University. She graduated from Ohio State University in 2015 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering, and is interested in student learning in engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Unseen Influences on Student Performance: Instructor Assessment StylesAbstractMass and energy balances is the common first course in
encouraged each and every one of his students Not too proud to admit mistakes Leads by example Had both technical and personal influence Taught students: Have concern for others Ethics both in engineering and in general Respect for self Discipline Took time to advise students in trouble, giving advice and direction to help students get back on track – Available for personal advice Stressed importance for people to take responsibility for their actions Very intelligent and disciplined individual, but also fair minded and approachable Mentor to his students and he took great pride in his work and the development of his students Never ending enthusiasm Provided a great deal of guidance and
Paper ID #17478The Relationship Between Course Assignments and Academic Performance:An Analysis of Predictive Characteristics of Student PerformanceMrs. Deborah Ann Pedraza, Texas Tech University I am a Systems and Engineering doctoral student at Texas Tech University. I have Bachelor’s degree in the Mathematics from The University of Houston - Victoria, an MBA - The University of Houston - Vic- toria, and a Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering - The University of Massachusetts- Amherst. I teach Mathematics, Engineering, and Computer Science at Cuero High School in Cuero, TX and adjunct for The Victoria
conceptmaps into their education of students about sustainability. Concept maps have utility for bothformative and summative assessment. There appears to be some rational maximum to thenumber of concepts and/or amount of time that students are willing to spend on these exercises,but that could be beneficial to identify the elements that are foremost in students’ minds as theyconsider the complex subject of sustainability.References1. ABET. 2015. Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs. Effective for Reviews During the 2016-2017 Accreditation Cycle. E001 10/20/2015. ABET. Baltimore, MD.2. Ahlberg, M. 2004. Concept mapping for sustainable development. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Concept Mapping. Pamplona, Spain. 6
Paper ID #14887Integrating Instrumentation and Mechatronics Education in the MechanicalEngineering CurriculumDr. Vidya K Nandikolla, California State University, Northridge Dr. Nandikolla has backgrounds in Mechanical, Electrical and Control Engineering and has developed courses in electro-mechanical areas to improve engineering curriculum. She has experience developing and teaching engineering core courses with hands-on experimentation and industry collaboration within classroom encouraging creativity and teamwork.Dr. Vibhav Durgesh, California State University, Northridge c American Society for
Paper ID #14823Introducing Writing Assignments in Engineering Technology Courses to En-hance Technical Writing Skills and Critical ThinkingDr. Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University Dr. Otilia Popescu received the Engineering Diploma and M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree from Rutgers University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the general areas of communication systems, control theory, and signal processing. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Old Dominion University in Norfolk
Paper ID #17277How to Design Lean Six Sigma Simulation Games for Online LearningDr. Ertunga C Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Ertunga C. Ozelkan, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, and the Associate Director of the Center for Lean Logistics and Engineered Systems at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Before joining academia, Dr. Ozelkan worked for i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain software vendor and for Tefen USA, a systems design and industrial engineering consulting firm. Dr. Ozelkan holds a Ph.D. degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering
Paper ID #16672Jazzing Up Next-Gen Librarians for Freshman Engineering Instruction De-liveryMs. Marian G. Armour-Gemmen, West Virginia University Marian Armour-Gemmen has been the Patent & Trademark librarian at West Virginia University Libraries since 2003. In this capacity she assists inventors throughout the state of West Virginia. She is also the Engineering Librarian at WVU. Previously she worked as the head of the Physical Sciences Library and as an associate in the Government Documents department. She is a past president of the Patent & Trademark Resource Center Association. She holds a M.L.I.S. from the
support this, Hithcock & Hughes also argue that reflecting, criticising and putting forward a more informed view to the educational process would be possible by doing research in education. Consequently, the educational practice could benefit from the outcomes of such research. Also, there has been strong links between research in education and the research traditions of the social sciences which both are complex and complicated themes 15. v. The final shift entitled the influence of ‘Information, Computational and Communication Technology (ICCT)’ on engineering education.Having the above shifts in engineering education in mind, it is believed that individuals differin regard to what mode of instruction
, McDougall Weise T V., Hrabowski FA. Meyerhoff scholars program: A strengths-based, institution-wide approach to increasing diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Mt Sinai J Med 2012;79:610–23.[4] Lee DM, Harmon K. The Meyerhoff Scholars Program: Changing Minds, Transforming a Campus. Metrop Univ 2013;24:55–70.[5] Maton KI, Hrabowski Iii FA, Schmitt CL. African American College Students Excelling in the Sciences: College and Postcollege Outcomes in the Meyerhoff Scholars Program. J Res Sci Teach J Res Sci Teach Caucasians 2000;37:629–54.[6] Smith JS. Needed: A Ten-Fold Increase in Minority Engineering Graduates. Eng. E. Conf. Gen. Electr., Crotonville, New York: 1972.[7] Russell S
Paper ID #15595An Active Learning Approach to Core Project Management CompetenciesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning with SAP software
Paper ID #14879Cross-disciplinary Teamwork During an Undergraduate Student Project: Re-sults to DateRachel K. Anderson, Clemson University Rachel Anderson is a doctoral candidate in Engineering and Science Education and the research assistant for Clemson University’s Creative Inquiry program. Her research interests include cross-disciplinary undergraduate teams. Rachel received a Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a B.S. in Physics from Baldwin-Wallace University.Dr. Julie P Martin, Clemson University Julie P. Martin is an assistant professor of Engineering and Science Education at
feel confident in respondingto the case, our initial focus is on providing technical details surrounding the case. Specifically,we present students with content describing the scenario, facts, scope of impact, and othergeneral information. As the ultimate focus of the case is for students to justify the ethicality ofcontinuing deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, we prime students to keep the followingprompt in mind as they work through the case content: “There are overlapping technical andethical questions to consider here: How can we prevent future disasters like the DeepwaterHorizon disaster? Should we be engineering ways to drill in the Gulf of Mexico?” Following thispreliminary text, the case opens with a narrative video that
Paper ID #15316Examining Student Outcomes from a Research Experiences for Undergrad-uates (REU) Program: Year Two ResultsD. Jake Follmer, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park D. Jake Follmer is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at The Pennsylvania State University. His interests are in issues related to learning, assessment, and program evaluation.Dr. Sarah E. Zappe, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a
Paper ID #16965Shared Capstone Project Mentoring for Improved LearningDr. Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Kevin Sutterer is Professor and Department Head of Civil Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology in Terre Haute, Indiana. He received BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering at University of Missouri-Rolla, a second MS in Civil Engineering at Purdue University, and a Ph.D. from Georgia In- stitute of Technology. Although his specialization is geotechnical engineering, he has consulted in envi- ronmental and structural engineering as well and currently teaches courses in geotechnical
can change and it is up to the librarian to keep up with all the changes.A dynamic and open-minded information professional can prove to be crucial characteristicsthat will lead one to continually evolve as a successful engineering librarian.[1] A. Magid, "The Road to Interactive Patent Searching at an American University in the UAE," presented at the IEEE Educon Global Engineering Education Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2016.[2] United States Patent and Trademark Office. (2015, January 31,). The Claims. Available: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1824.html[3] European Patent Office. (2015, 2016). What is prior art? Available: https://www.epo.org/learning- events/materials/inventors
Paper ID #16995A Design-and-Build Project for Heat Transfer CourseDr. Mehmet Sozen, Grand Valley State University Dr. Mehmet S¨ozen is a professor of mechanical engineering at Grand Valley State University. His general area of interest is thermo/fluid sciences with specialty in transport phenomena in porous media, thermal management of high heat flux systems and applications of alternative energy systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Design and Build Project for Heat Transfer CourseAbstract Design and build type projects could constitute a part of experiential
have an open mind and reflect thoroughly onethical situations in the future before jumping to conclusions. For the point/counterpointassignment in this experiment, the first team chose a case study that was related to the topic ofthe engineering class. The students were asked to write a point/counterpoint essay and discusstheir opinions in class. Upon completion of the point/counterpoint study, the students were askedto complete a survey to gauge how effective this method of ethics teaching was, as well asdetermine reactions to the assignment. In addition to the point/counterpoint assignment, the first team also developed a heuristicsassignment for the same senior-level class. A six step analysis method was adapted from varioussources10-13
that safety is first and foremost on the minds ofindividuals trying to form an opinion about emerging technologies. Therefore, accurate, reliable,and trustworthy information are critical to this decision-making process. Meanwhile, researchersrely on other outlets and sources like the media in providing enlightenment of the underpinningsof research to society, expecting universal acceptance will follow15. What scientists andconsequently policymakers fail to understand is that not all research faces resistance from publicdue to safety reasons, although that would be the overriding factor when lives are on the line. Forresearch dealing with human life and dignity such as stem cells and genetic engineering, peopleProceedings of the ASEE Annual
mechanical engineering courses, thefaculty reinforced material and computations the students were also seeing in Physics andChemistry, such as projectile motion and stoichiometry. Through these freshman engineeringinitiatives, students were able to see themselves as a mechanical engineering student andunderstand the types of knowledge and abilities essential to succeed. The objectives of thispaper are to explain these readiness initiatives, to assess the first year program resultsquantitatively and qualitatively through retention data and surveys, and to discuss the futurepotential of the program.IntroductionThe basis for the program was created with the student development theory of Tinto’s Model ofStudent Retention in mind. Tinto’s model is formed
completed building, but also the safety and health of theconstruction workers erecting the building and the maintenance workers changing light bulbs, airfilters, belts, compressors, etc. over the life of the building. PtD thereby provides a means tomake civil engineering students mindful of the “big picture” of the life cycle of the builtenvironment. Students who are learning about one small portion of the design process—in astructural steel design course, for example—need to be reminded that decisions made during thedesign phase often have significant but invisible consequences over the lifetime of the facility.A fifth and final topic related to PtD is comparisons of public policy around the globe. Why isPtD required across the European Union, in
engineering to show modest positive correlation between writing performance andexam performance in courses in thermodynamics and process control.3With the goals of increased practice and metacognition in mind, the SPIT approach has beenadapted in our university’s chemical process control course to replace traditional problem sets.Rather than complete a homework set, students instead work on a single problem a week, but arecharged to work with the problem in four different ways, following the same approach butreplacing the “Summarize” step with “Solving” the problem. Thus, students solve the problem,connect it to their personal experiences, integrate it with their chemical engineeringunderstanding from other courses, and finally propose a related
Paper ID #14796Use of Drone for a Campus Building Envelope StudyRaheem Taiwo Ariwoola, East Tennessee State University Raheem Ariwoola developed an early interest in Engineering due in part to being born in a family dom- inated by Engineers. Having enjoyed fidgeting with all electronics equipment found in his surroundings when he was growing up, he developed a curious and inquisitive mind to further his study in the field of engineering. In 2012, he received a degree in BSc Electrical Engineering in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria, with the highest honors. Immediately after graduation, he went ahead to
ismuch too much detail present and so much that is not understood. The very crux of engineeringanalysis and the hallmark of every successful engineer is the ability to make shrewd and viableapproximations which greatly simplify the system and still lead to a rapid, reasonably accurateprediction of its behavior.Figure 3. Illustration of philosophy behind the freshman level programming course driven by model-baseddesign.One such model studied in the course is projectile motion. Most freshman engineering studentsare familiar with projectile motion from high school or freshman level introductory physicscourses. This familiarity is important as the student’s mind should not be overwhelmed withcomplex physical systems while trying to grasp the problem