Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Wiebe; Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

where studentsmust create a regular polygon. Most modelers have built-in routines for creating regularpolygons, but instructors might have students explore other methods for fully defining thegeometry with additional constraints. When students select their own projects, instructors have tobe open to working with all types of constraints and modeling strategies. Figures 5, 6, and 7illustrate examples of student-selected projects where more sophisticated modeling proceduresare required. Figure 4. Reverse Engineering a Hexagon Nut. Page 8.726.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences for Env. Engineers

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jesse Condon; Chasity Williams; Benjamin Fratto; Kauser Jahan; C. Stewart Slater

Session 3451 Membrane Experiments for Pollution Prevention Kauser Jahan 1 , Jesse Condon 1, Chasity Williams1 and Benjamin Fratto 2 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering 2 Chemical Engineering Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701AbstractA major objective of the Junior and Senior Engineering Clinics at Rowan University is tointroduce students to open-ended design projects. The purpose of the clinic classes is to provideengineering students with a hands-on, multidisciplinary experience throughout their collegeeducation

Conference Session

ET Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin; Terrence Kelly

interfacing of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). In the second half ofthe semester students concentrate on developing entrepreneurial GPS applications. Applicationsdocumented thus far include: • Low cost systems to assist the Botswana Army locate Park Rangers who become engaged with poachers in the jungles and forests of Botswana. • A low cost timekeeper for a PC using QBASIC and a hiking class GPS receiver.During the Fall 2001 semester, investigations included projects on: • The use of GPS in identifying and mediating traffic backups in the St. Louis area1. • Application of GPS techniques to a robotics navigation and communication subsystem2. • The use of GPS and “Geocaching” for

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

otherindustry applications with emphasis on analog and digital electronics, microprocessorinterface, specifications of data acquisition board for automated data acquisition andanalysis, and graphical display of measured data. Issues related to the design ofexperiments, statistical representation of data, curve fit, identification of critical designparameters of an instrument, and robust design of an instrument are covered. This course-offer recommends a common lecture but different laboratory and project assignments tobenefit electronics and mechanical engineering technology majors. Team teachingexperiences, mental and technical preparedness of the course instructor, scope and natureof laboratory assignments, and student learning preferences are

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Atashbar

reasonableamount of high-level software engineering that is engineering based. However, there is no waythat an undergraduate CE program can require each of these courses in an already crowdedcurriculum. The solution to this problem that has been implemented at Western MichiganUniversity (WMU) is to create a junior level course that teaches high-level software engineeringusing Visual Basic that is applied to data acquisition, signal processing and networkcommunication. This experiment has, in the opinion of the authors, been highly successful in thatstudents not only learn a great deal of information but also gain experience in applications thatare will be useful in further course work and senior projects as well as their future careers.The ProblemComputer

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhengtao T. Deng; Xiaoqing (Cathy) Qian; Abdul Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

1566In each of these courses, students are required to complete a class project. The studentsare required to work in teams, document the project in technical reports, and to make oralpresentations of their project. These project are typically design oriented and theyaddress the issues of team building, team work, conflict resolution, written and oralcommunications, and the many design and development issues that have been highlightedpreviously.The best practices and competency gaps referred to above are documented in severalreports that were issued by professional organizations in the mid-nineties. Some of thehighlights from these reports are outlined below.V. Professional OrganizationsIn the mid-nineties, the national view on the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Herrera; Stephen Stafford

defects; provide the means for a veryhands-on approach to these topic areas. Most of the weld defects are visualized throughmacro-sections of weld joints showing inadequate fusion, inadequate penetration,inclusions, hot and cold cracks, concavity, etc.The Team ProjectUltimately, the culmination of the course is the team project. Students “best” learnfailure analysis by doing it themselves. To this end, the students are configured intomultidisciplinary teams with as much diversity as possible. Since the mechanical andcivil engineers out number the metallurgical and materials engineering majors, each teamwill have at least on member with materials expertise. Each team is given a failureproject provided by industry with an appropriate background and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Crozier

in proper engineeringanalysis at the beginning of a project (through techniques such as QFD) are more palatable to abusiness than dollars spent rectifying a problem once a design or product has been released.Utilizing QFD applications requires cross-functional communication of all internal and externalplayers involved with development and production of a given product or process. Here again,human relation skills associated with program and project management activities are a must forthe engineer functioning in this arena.Opportunities are becoming increasingly obvious for engineers to come equipped with the abilityto work through cross-functional team dynamics and have a sound level of knowledge of designand / or product configuration and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Chao; Bernard Mohr

step paves the way for othersto extend the trials with greater quantitative assessments in more suitable and rigorouseducational environments. Page 6.168.4 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2001, American Society for Engineering Education More detailed quantitative assessments, for this project, were not warranted since untilrecently our college did not support distance education. At this time our college is implementingcampus-wide distance- learning strategies. This project was the next logical step to our online labresearch

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships, Graduate Studies

engineers. Skills include a working knowledge of business and ethics,teamwork experience, a solid grounding in engineering science as well as communication andpresentation skills. The program develops abilities such as an appreciation of the basic principlesof business, the profit motive, how to design and execute experiments, how to prepare projectplans and regulatory documents, and how to carry out a real-life project within a company.Program emphasis is placed upon engineering creativity and innovation. with a strong emphasison the needs of the nation to compete in the world market and maintain the strength of the U.S.economy. A second objective of the paper is to describe the current status of a recentlydeveloped Professional Science Master’s

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey L. Schiano, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

design course and a senior capstone design course. The freshman courseintroduces students to the process skills associated with engineering design. Emphasis is on teamwork, communications skills, and computer-aided analytical tools. Activities include prototypebuilding and testing with industrial collaboration. As students complete this course beforechoosing a major in the College of Engineering, the technical content is general and does notfocus on a particular engineering discipline. In contrast, the senior capstone design courserequires students to apply the tools acquired in both required courses and technical electiveswithin our department. By blending professional engineering topics and project activity, theexisting capstone design course

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehdi Shadaram, University of Texas, San Antonio; Thomas B. Morrow, University of Texas, San Antonio; C. Mauli Agrawal, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

published more than 100 articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has been either PI or Co-PI for numerous grants and contracts, totaling more than $10 million in the past 15 years. NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Na- tional Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Instruments, and Lucent Technologies have funded his research projects. He is the recipient of the excellence in engineering research award at the College of Engineering at UTSA in 2010, the best teacher award in the College of Engineering at UTEP in 1994, and the NASA monetary award for contribution to the space exploration. He has been

Conference Session

Simulations and Visualizations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University; Suresh Dhaniyala, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, deposition and removal occur in many important processes inmicroelectronic, imaging and pharmaceutical industries. In addition, numerousenvironmental processes involve particle transport, deposition and removal. In the lasttwo decades, significant research progress in the areas of particle transport, depositionand removal has been made. A series of courses were developed to make the newimportant research findings available to seniors and first year graduate students inengineering departments through specialized curricula. This project also involved anintegration of numerical simulations and experiments in a series of courses. Thesecourses are composed of four modules: • Fundamentals of particle transport, dispersion, deposition, and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Sorby

semester. This left one session unac-counted for. Since understanding and being able to visualize multiview projection is so importantfor success in engineering graphics and since there was only one software module developed for Page 6.66.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationorthographic projection of normal surfaces, the decision was made to include one session of a“traditional” lecture on multiview projection involving inclined and single-curved surfaces. Fig-ure 1 shows the comparison between the course outlines for GN102

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryne A. Newton; Duane D. Dunlap; Dennis R. Depew

environments. The curriculum combines courses frommanufacturing technology, information technology, and industrial distribution, and requires thecompletion of a “directed project” that is much like a master’s thesis, except that students areexpected to tackle an applied problem from their own work environment.The Weekend Master’s Program does not rely solely on distance media for the delivery ofinstruction, but rather depends on a combination of approximately 55% face-to-face instruction and45% distance delivered instruction. To have real-time intellectual graduate education discussion,stimulation, and physical resource sharing, our graduate education instruction received at a distanceis best complemented and supported with face-to-face interaction

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Melvin J. Montgomery; Saleh M. Sbenaty

across Tennessee. Each team includes multi-disciplinary faculties from two-yeartechnical colleges, industry partners, university partners, and high school tech-prep teachers.The paper documents activities that have brought national attention to the project and providedopportunities for SEATEC team members to exchange ideas with others working in the area ofcase studies.I. IntroductionThe technological revolution that has taken place in recent years, and is continuing today, hascreated a strong impetus for improvements in educational methods. This has led to alternatives tothe traditional classroom lecture method. One alternative is the case study. Case studies are usedextensively in the medical, law, and business fields. However, the use of case

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell D. Jamison

Session 2342 An Undergraduate Program in Technology and Management Russell D. Jamison University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignABSTRACTA new program in Technology and Management at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign brings together undergraduate students from the colleges of engineering and com-merce and business administration to gain knowledge and experience in complementary, cross-disciplinary fields. The program provides custom-designed and mainstream courses in engineer-ing and business subjects as well as interdisciplinary team projects supported by industry spon-sors

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cataldo

Hydrography Package(HEC-1)4,” and “River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)5.” It is virtually impossible to find theinstructions on the use of these programs in an introductory course in Water ResourceEngineering. This has placed an added burden in teaching hydraulics and hydrology to theundergraduate engineering students.Approximately a decade ago, the course in Water Resource Engineering (hydraulics andhydrology is introduced to junior civil engineering students in this course) at Cooper Union wasrevised to include a three hour laboratory and problem solving weekly session. In order toincorporate the use of the latest techniques in this course, projects in urban storm water runoffand flooding were assigned. The HEC-1 program and HEC-2 program was used to

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas F. Hess; Shulin Chen; Robert F. Rynk; Larry G. King; Ann L. Kenimer

addresses thegrowing demand for information about natural treatment systems. Page 2.304.1This paper summarizes a USDA Challenge Grant project to design a curriculum and developmaterials about natural treatment systems in the area of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.The goal of the project is to develop a new course that better prepares undergraduate students ofbiological/agricultural engineering and other agriculture and natural resources majors to meet thechallenge that agricultural industries face in dealing with environmental issues. The courseintegrates current theoretical principles and practical experiences in the use of natural

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Naseem Ishaq; Salahuddin Qazi

link the electrical department s image processing &vision lab and fiber optic communications lab by an optical network. The proposal for the grantwas submitted in 1993 and it was funded in 1994. The enhanced laboratory facilities helpadvance instruction for all undergraduate students who enroll in the courses mentioned above aswell as majors in electrical engineering technology, computer engineering technology andphotonics. Page 2.317.1 1DEVELOPMENTAL PLANOur main objective of the project was to provide a facility where students from five differentcourses mentioned above, can integrate their

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Shomir Sil; Sashi Sekhar; Chandra R. Sekhar

theeconomic ramifications?Companies have realized the benefits of Technology graduates as front-line supervisors, trainers,plant engineers, maintenance technicians, and simply “jacks-of-all-trades”. They are beingasked to provide economic analyses for projects, supervise employees, manage projects, andprovide basic financial data. But, are these graduates well-prepared to face these assignments?Companies actively promote Technologists who have both managerial and technicalcompetencies into technical management positions.A curriculum being developed at Purdue University Calumet (PUC) by the ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET) Department proposes to incorporate a Minor offered by theSchool of Management in its’ Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacob E. Mendelssohn; David J. Ahlgren

to contestants of any age, affiliation, ability, or experience.The goal of the contest is to stimulate interest in robotics and to encourage invention by personsof all ages. A $1,000 first prize is awarded in both the junior division (high school and younger)and the senior division (all others). The contest was expanded in 1998 to include affiliatedregional events that use the Trinity College rules; at this writing, events are scheduled in FortWorth, Calgary, and Seattle. Winners from the regional contests will compete in the final event,held at Trinity on April 19, 1998. Participation engages engineering students and professionalsin a motivating, open-ended interdisciplinary project. Design of a fire-fighting mobile robot is achallenge that

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Sabrina Olson, University of Michigan; Ricardo Elias, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43067Board 240: Developing Critically Conscious Aerospace Engineers throughMacroethics Curricula: Year 1Dr. Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan Aaron W. Johnson (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department and a Core Faculty member of the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. His lab’s design-based research focuses on how to re-contextualize engineering science engineering courses to better reflect and prepare students for the reality of ill-defined, sociotechnical engineering practice. Their current projects include studying and designing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E S Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Mary McVee

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, engineering judgment, and problem solving.Dr. Mary McVee ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Elementary Teacher Professional Learning in Equitable Engineering Pedagogies for Multilingual StudentsAbstractThis paper provides an update on progress within our National Science Foundation projectcreating an engineering professional development model for teachers of multilingual students.The multi-year, design-based iteration research study aims to produce a model for teachers andschools in similar multilingual elementary schools and communities. Currently in year one, weprovide an update of our activities thus far and the theoretical background of our project. Wehope this model will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah E. Glisson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineers and the need for representation of the nation’s rich diversity. Inparticular, scholars and activists call for improved education access, quality, and workforcedevelopment in rural Appalachian communities. Students from these communities face distinctchallenges in accessing higher education and pursuing engineering careers. The AppalachianRegional Commission has deemed it essential to invest in preK-12 education, engage youth incommunity activities, and cultivate workforce opportunities in fields like advancedmanufacturing. These activities are vital for strengthening economic resilience and broadeningstudents’ conceptions of what engineering is and who can do it. Project OverviewThis CAREER project

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Rae Jing Han, University of Washington; Selen Güler, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

experiencing, that are preventing them from implementing or institutionalizing someimportant elements of their RED projects. The obstacles were identified and analyzed from fourperspectives, informed by Bolman and Deal’s (2008) four frame model for understandingorganizational challenges. In Bolman and Deal’s model, the four cognitive frames include: (1)the structural frame, which is focused on rules, goals, policies, and technologies of anorganization; (2) the human resources frame, which is focused on the needs and skills of thepeople in the organization, as well as the relationships between them; (3) the political frame,which is focused on the sources of power, conflict, and competition, as well as on allocation ofscarce resources; and (4) the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Stepanova, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Juan Carlos Laya, Texas A&M University; Carlos Andres Alvarez Zarikian, Texas A&M University; Nancy Elizabeth Martinez, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

thematerial and receive helpful feedback outside of class and by cultivating a more inclusive learningenvironment. The goal of this project is to use SedimentSketch application to help close the gapbetween Hispanic and non-Hispanic students’ GPAs, situational interest in geoscience courses,and STEM career trajectories.Background and motivationThe Hispanic population in the USA has grown significantly over the last 30 years, becoming animportant ethnic group in our society. However, this minority group has been marginalized forsocial and economic reasons. In 2022, Texas A&M University (TAMU) was awarded the status ofan HSI (Hispanic serving Institution) serving 25% of the undergraduate student population(Hispanic). The enrollment in undergraduate

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, SUNY Buffalo State University; Jill Singer; Jikai Du, SUNY Buffalo State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

development of theassessment model see [1, 2, 3]. With funding from the NSF, the Buffalo State University modelwas expanded and designated as EvaluateUR. EvaluateUR has been shown to be a valuablelearning tool [4,5] with its key features summarized in Table 1.Table 1. Key features of the EvaluateUR method Students assessed in 10 outcome categories each defined by several components that include both content knowledge and outcomes critically important in the workplace. Option to add additional outcomes that reflect specific program-wide objectives. Before research/project begins, students answer open-ended questions to share their thoughts about the research process. To assess student progress, at the mid-point and end-of-research, all outcome

Conference Session

Computer Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald J. Hayne, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

design project. TheInstructional Processor provides the base design, which can be modified to adapt to a new set ofspecifications. Students must modify the appropriate processor components and integrate theminto the data path. The control unit must also be redesigned to accommodate the newinstructions. A sample program is then tested via simulation of the updated VHDL model.The base processor is expanded by adding a serial communication interface, designed using aUART (universal asynchronous receiver transmitter). Next, a programmable timer and interruptsystem are added to the processor architecture. The enhanced FPGA microcontroller is testedusing a design example which gives students an in-depth look at both the internal details andexternal

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Alonso, Jr., Miami Dade College; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Heather Thiry, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Education in Florida. Dr. Alonso has also been involved in numerous projects promoting diversity in engineering & science, including serving as the Faculty and Student Advocate Lead for the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI), a men- tor for the Advancing Careers of Excellence, Tools for Success, and Windows of Opportunity scholarship programs and the director for the Summer Institute for Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (SISTEM). Dr. Alonso is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Sarah Hug is Research Associate at the Alliance for Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute, University of Colorado at