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2020 ERC

Authors

Matt Hourihan

: Reduces number of university centers of excellence from 10 to 5 Veterans Research: 5% increase Copyright © 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science 14 What’s Next No budget resolution this year House appropriators want to move rapidly Election! Infrastructure plan? “Industries of the Future?” And coronavirus supplemental? (Image source: Roll Call) Copyright © 2019 American Association for the Advancement of Science 15 Limits on Nondefense Discretionary Spending, Current and

Collection

2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Patrick Chernjavsky; Greyson Chudyk

system to capture imag-es of the targets. Overall, the new aircraft design is a large upgrade compared to our previous competition buildsand will enable our team to be more competitive at competition.1.2.3 Autopilot and Obstacle Avoidance Following the Aircraft and Propulsion systems, our team prioritized the autopilot system. Our team statedthat the autopilot system must be capable of safe, reliable, and accurate takeoff, landing, and waypoint pointcapture. The autopilot system must also be capable of interfacing with custom software to properly implement anobstacle avoidance system. Our team chose the Pixhawk 2.1 autopilot system, Odroid-XU4, and our own custommission planning software, named “Commander”, to fulfill the set

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; michael vitale; Annie Laurie Myers; Dana Hamadeh

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

and FAU faculty arecurrently developing a plan to pilot the evaluation of the course frameworks. Additionally, FAUproject staff and State College faculty initiated the refinement of the Introduction toProgramming course, which was targeted and completed during year 3 of the project.b) Development of a course-specific mentor support modelDuring years 1 and 2, Florida Atlantic University HSI project staff developed and iterativelyrefined a generic process (see Appendix B) through which project mentors, College ofEngineering and Computer Science junior and senior honors' students, would provideinstructional support to participating HSI students enrolled in the specific gateway mathematicssections taught by project-affiliated State College

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

identified areas of disconnect that form the basis for this paper include: 1) sustainedmotivation, 2) finding the right options, 3) understanding the process, and 4) standing out. Foreach theme, information is presented that relates to the first three stages of the design thinkingprocess. The empathy stage is addressed through a discussion of specific issues shared byinterview and focus group participants, with appropriate connections to educational andcognitive theory. The issues are then distilled into a succinct problem statement. Each sectionends with a list of potential ways to address the problem statement, with proposed action stepsdrawn from the ideation phase of the study. In the conclusion of the paper, plans are sharedrelated to future

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

-2008 Evaluation Cycle. Baltimore, MD. (http://www.abet.org)4. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). (2004). The Engineer of 2020: Visions of Engineering in the New Century. Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press.5. NAE (National Academy of Engineering). (2005). Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press.6. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (2006) Rising Above the Gathering Storm – Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. Washington D. C., The National Academies Press.7. ASCE Steering Committee to Plan a

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to ME Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Edward Anderson; Curtis Craig, Texas Tech University; Jacob Fleming, Texas Tech University; Alli DeFinis, Texas Tech University; Ashlee G. Brown, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

for patterns (interconnected knowledge) instead of single facts or elements Changes the way the problem is being represented (especially if reaches obstacle in solution) Retrieves memorized equations Uses fundamental relations to generate equations Considers whether solution plan is reasonable Guesses the solution and then checks the answer Monitors solution progress If stuck, uses heuristics, perseveres, brainstorms If stuck, guesses, quits Uses broad experience to evaluate resultsThe Gray, Costanzo

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

manufacturing that is totallydependant on manual labor will be moving countries with lower labor cost. Consequently, themain part of the non-engineering US workforce (especially those who will not have engineeringor technological trainings) will have to have fundamental understanding of technology, the usageof technology and issues related to technology.In addition fundamental understanding of technology is becoming necessary for many managers,directors, CEOs, as well as policy makers. However, most such key decision makers do not haveengineering degrees. At the same time such individuals are defining policies, companydirections, and future planning for technologically related or technologically affected disciplines

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Kongar, University of Bridgeport; Mahesh Baral, University of Bridgeport; Tarek Sobh, University of Bridgeport

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

2003. She has been a research associate in the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing (LRM) at Northeastern University since September 1999. She has also been employed as an Assistant Professor by Yildiz Technical University till February 2006. Dr. Kongar is currently an Assistant Professor at Bridgeport University and a Part-Time Researcher in the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University. Her research interests include the areas of supply chain management, logistics, environmentally conscious manufacturing, product recovery, disassembly systems, production planning and scheduling and multiple criteria decision making. She has co-authored several technical

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management. Page 12.898.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Innovative Strategies for Teaching Construction Fundamentals: Implementing Design-Build Project Delivery Procedures into a Course in Cost EstimatingIntroduction This paper describes the integration of design-build projects during the FallSemester, 2006, into a cost estimating course in the Department of EngineeringTechnology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Design-build is a projectdelivery

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 Mathematics Education with Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Diaz, Clemson University; Pam King, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Four Schools 89.8% 94.2% Meal Plan N=147 N=137 Statewide 91.8% 91.1% Various curricula used N=22,463 N=22,253 Subsidized Four Schools 74.9% 81.7% Meal Plan N=195 N=180 Statewide

Conference Session

ChE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, National University of Singapore

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

recorded student presentations, four hours of lectures by theWorkshop Coordinator, and illustrative PowerPoint® and poster presentations given by theWorkshop Coordinator were also posted on the website. The website also serves as a forum forfeedback from the students.3. Organizing a Technical Paper PresentationA technical paper presentation can involve the following components: (1) Abstract; (2) TitleSlide; (3) Outline; (4) Introduction; (5) Review of Prior Studies; (6) Research Plan; (7)Discussion; (8) Conclusions; (9) Future Work; (10) Acknowledgments; and (11) ‘Thank You’slide. Components (2), (3), (4), (5), (7), and (8) are critical to any technical presentation, whereasthe others might not be necessary in some cases.3a. The AbstractAn

Conference Session

Engineering and ET Relationships & Professional Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Vavreck, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Irene Ferrara, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona; Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(e.g.understanding the non-technical aspects of an engineering career or solving an open-endedproblem), level of expertise in certain skills, and descriptions of relationships with advisors andother faculty and staff. For engineering students planning to transfer to the Penn State UniversityPark campus for upper-division work, the survey also asked questions about the transfer process,and two final open-ended questions asked what could be done to support the transfer process andbetter aid students in their engineering studies while at the Altoona campus. The transfer open-ended question was not included in the technology survey, and some of the program contentquestions differed between the two groups.The paper presents the results of the survey, contrasting

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

includes, but isnot limited to planning, design, teaching, applied or fundamental research, publicadministration, or utility operation and the EnVEBOK must address all these forms ofpractice. Individuals receiving a degree in environmental engineering may neverpractice environmental engineering, but rather may seek other professional degrees, suchas law or medicine, or follow an entirely different career path. Therefore some pathsbeginning with a baccalaureate degree in environmental engineering may not lead tocomplete EnVEBOK fulfillment.The EnVEBOK builds on the body of knowledge appropriate for all engineers thenexpands into areas specific and unique to environmental engineering. The EnVEBOKprovides a guide for curriculum development and reform

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas at Tyler; David Beams, University of Texas at Tyler; Sagun Shrestha, University of Texas at Tyler

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

year included two women and one Hispanic-American.The program expenditures for the 2006-2007 academic year were $36,955. This was 25% lowerthan the previous year. The 2006-2007 program survey showed that 47 engineering students tookadvantage of the program. Of these, 17 were electrical engineering majors, resulting in a cost perof $2,174 per student, which is consistent with the original plan, and much below the 2005-2006cost per student. The expenditures over the first two years of the program totaled $82,998. Thisamount is below the original projected expenditure of $125,000 over two years and leaves abalance of roughly $42,000. This can be attributed mainly to the decreased number of enteringstudents in the program. The program project

Conference Session

Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauri Burke, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

International

grants are funded by the NSF, the Colorado Department of Education, and the ColoradoDepartment of Higher Education. As a result of these efforts, a series of activities have beendeveloped for middle school students and teachers that illustrate the applications of mathematicsand science to engineering. The purpose of this project is to convert these activities for on-linedelivery in both a regional and international context. Scholarship recipients will use thisinfrastructure to produce lesson plans that will be tested in a local area school district, andeventually be used in St. Denis Senior Secondary School in Makondo, Masaka District, Uganda.This project requires that scholarship recipients develop a strong background in webdevelopment as well

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi Thai, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

time spent "on-task" by the students and also to observe the problem-solving approaches used by students during planned independent problem-solving activities. TheTeacher Tablet PC secondary task is to "activate" the NSM Control tools on selected student PCsas part of the sequence to get our instructional system into the two "collaborative" modes to bedescribed in details below.For the first mode, called "collaborative community work", Figure 2 described the ITarchitecture to deploy the NSM Control tools on the student PCs in order to let them access theTeacher Desktop PC, essentially serving as an E-chalkboard, where the community work would

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Uhlig, National University; Ali Farahani; Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Mark Sotelo, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University; John Mclaughlin, Clarkson University; Cetin Cetinkaya, Clarkson University; Stephen Doheny-Farina, Clarkson University; Fa-Gung Fan, Xerox Corp.

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

computational modules to make the coursepresentations of the materials more interactive. The plan is to have sufficient number ofcalculation modules for the student to experiment with. As a result the student willdevelop a physical understanding of some of the more complex concepts. Figure 2shows a sample of the fundamental module dealing with the lift force acting on a particlein a shear flow. Lift Force u f u du f 1 / 2 du f Saffman (1965) FL

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vasili Zhurakovskiy, Russian Association of Engineering Universities; Aleksey Nesterov, Russian Association of Engineering Universities

Tagged Divisions

International

Russian engineering universities is planned within the framework of a large-scalenational project, which is now being prepared for realization with participation and supportof the World Bank. The main purpose of the project will be to set up conditions for formingof effective partnerships (consortiums) of universities, scientific and design institutions,enterprises and corporations with a view to enter the global market of educational services,technologies and science intensive products. Page 12.1448.5

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Rynne, University of Limerick; William Gaughran, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

CAD models can thereby be created using parametric or constraint basedmodelling systems. Just as cognitive scientists have developed a grammar of vision, a set ofrules that direct our perception of line, colour, form, depth, and motion so too there is a needto develop a coherent grammar of design intent for parametric modelling. The sense of visionhas fantastic ability to actively construct every aspect of our visual experience. Vision is notsimply a matter of passive perception; it is an intelligent process of active construction.Similarly creating intelligent parametric models requires thought and careful planning andinvolves a well-developed 3D mindset to actively and intelligently deconstruct andreconstruct part and assembly models.Best

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Dean, Old Dominion University; Bonita Anthony, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, plans, and intrusive interventions into thecollege freshmen's life. Conversion into an active learning format with hands-on experience wasnecessary decrease student attrition in these disciplines.Student AdvisingA key component of the Engineering Fundamentals division is advising. The first-yearengineering student has a safety net inclusive of a professional advising team, faculty mentors,learning cohorts, and supplemental instruction that promotes nurturing. The professionaladvising team consists of an academic advisor, a freshman success advisor, and a career advisor.The freshman success advisor works with students categorized as such that special attention isneeded to ensure their success, based upon high school grades, SAT scores, math

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

investment to maintain a level of production quality, and these materials and processesrequire a significantly higher level of engineering and planning. By going with a larger budget,we actually have precluded most possibilities of designing on the fly.Team GoalsOur team goals were to win the engineering portion of the competition, increase studentconfidence, and gain exposure for our program. We have done well on all three fronts. Page 11.698.10Winning in engineering as a goalThe choice of a win in overall engineering rather than an overall performance win was veryspecific to the ASME HPV Challenge and its rules. Unlike other engineering

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Michael Escuti, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

component reviewing different ECE specializations while providing key fundamentalconcepts. It was decided to devote approximately one third of the course to introductory materialfollowed by eight weeks on different specialization areas. According to the initial plan, two 75minute lectures per week would be used to cover the theoretical material necessary to performthe experiments in laboratory, which would meet almost every week for three hours. Thespecializations to be included in the course were decided on based on the strengths of ourdepartment. The list included circuits, electric power, communication, digital signal processing,solid state electronics, logic design, computer architecture and computer networking..One of the great challenges of

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Amanda Funai, University of Michigan; Allison Interrante, Northeastern University; Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University; Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Program during her senior year at Northeastern. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Michigan.Allison Interrante, Northeastern University Allison Interrante is a student in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering at Northeastern University. She has been involved in the Connections Physics Review Program for the past two years as a student-teacher. She plans to continue her studies as a graduate student in Civil Engineering.Sara Wadia-Fascetti, Northeastern University Sara Wadia-Fascetti is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University where she is actively involved in a research program on structural condition assessment

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neetika Kohli, Purdue University; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; David Meyer, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Styles Questionnaireinstrument is because it has been proven valid and reliable when used in engineering courses.Because previous studies involving this course have used this instrument to collect data, a futurestudy has been planned to compare the instrument results of the previous studies with this studyto see if there is a correlation between instrument results and course performance. Students alsocomplete surveys about their learning experiences with an emphasis on the learning environment(e. g. learned centered, knowledge centered, assessment centered, and community centered1).Students in the treatment section are distributed School of Electrical and Computer Engineeringowned wireless response units. Since wireless response unit activities

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Harris, Vanderbilt University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Cycle format used in lesson module design. • Leaders and participants worked through an abbreviated Legacy Cycle module to experience the process, including using technology for formative feedback and for lesson development. • Leaders examined other examples of Legacy Cycle modules. • Participants applied HPL to the participants' own selected course(s) Revisited course objectives to determine acceptable evidence and plan the assessment(s) to be used (formative and summative) Designed effective challenges to engage students with the content Identified appropriate learning activities

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Technological University, PolytechnicUniversity of Puerto Rico, and Salish Kootenai Tribal College. The majority of these institutions(82%) offered courses in entrepreneurship for engineering students and 40% of the participantshave been teaching for at least fifteen years. The experience of the participants, both in teachingand in entrepreneurship education, was desired in the pilot offering to better assess the potentialimpact of Babson-Olin SyE3. Page 11.1255.6Program Goals – Planned Versus Actual Babson-Olin SyE3 was designed to assist engineering faculty in their journey to teach andapply entrepreneurship as a core feature of engineering

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

plan includes a combination of quantitative and qualitativeinstruments to provide an in-depth understanding of the program’s impacts, this paper reportsfindings from the qualitative aspects of the program evaluation. The assessment has shown thatthe program improves participants’ understanding and appreciation of engineering problemsolving, increases the younger girls’ general understanding of engineering and the potential roleof women in engineering careers, provides leadership opportunities and opportunities forincreasing self confidence and self-efficacy, and provides positive role model and mentoringexperiences. Positive feedback from teachers and parents supports these findings. Commentsindicate that the 8th grade girls benefit from their

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

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International

Darmstadt do not need to rearrange their standardstudy plan in order attend their senior year at Virginia Tech. The courses scheduled for theirsenior year can, as a portfolio, be completed entirely at Virginia Tech. Experience has alsoshown that the German students are sufficiently proficient in English to the extent that they donot require additional language training prior to attending classes at Virginia Tech.The students from Virginia Tech, however, do need to prepare for their senior year at theTechnische Universität Darmstadt several years in advance of departure. The vast majority ofthese students must schedule time for a sequence of six German language courses prior todeparture. These are courses that the students do not receive credit for

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merrick Haller, Oregon State University; Antonio Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

represents a plan view of the mouth ofthe Columbia River. The north and south jetties appear as the E-W trending, bright linearfeatures. The radar was located at the center of the image and waves propagating into theriver mouth are appear as bright linear features that are closely spaces and trending N-S.Impact on Coastal Engineering Practice & EducationThe main practical impact of this wave observing system is to provide wave information thatcan be used to improve the safety of marine operations. Improving marine safety at primarynavigational entrances is a topic of interest to a wide variety of coastal user groups such asthe commercial fishing industry, international shippers, and recreational boaters to name afew. It should be emphasized that