Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

on Long Islandby establishing a Green Building Institute (GBI). The primary function of the GBI at FSCis to assist educators to create and implement new curricula and learning experiencesdesigned to educate and produce a workforce that will be available for employment ingreen industries, construction trades, and related enterprises1. The educators who willcollaborate in this project are university faculty from FSC, Educational OpportunityCenter instructors, adult and secondary technical instructors from ESB, and High Schoolinstructors through LI Works Green Career Academies. As a public college of appliedscience and technology founded in 1912, FSC enrolls 6,800 undergraduate students inSchools of Engineering Technology, Health Sciences, Arts

Conference Session

Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

knowledgethey had acquired in any particular week to analyze and critique research data – this gave them asense of achievement and encouraged further learning. By chaperoning the journal clubdiscussions, students were able to gain a sense of belonging and ownership to the materialsdiscussed during class. Journal clubs also offered an opportunity for peer instruction.To further enhance collective learning, students were required to complete a term paper projectwhich had several parts designed to apply concepts learnt in class to research data. Term paperprojects were done in teams of 2-3 students each. Student teams were encouraged to come upwith their own projects that included abundant applications of transport phenomena inphysiology. Projects were

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

, technical writing and communication skills through collaborative laboratoryexperiments and teamwork. Professionalism and engineering ethics are also integrated throughout the laboratorymodules. Efforts are made to place female students in leadership roles or in well-balanced teams.The first semester is followed by a semester long project focussing on reverse engineering. This course subtitledCompetitive Assessment Laboratory, consists of a semester long project that introduces freshman engineeringstudents to reverse engineering of a consumer appliance. Reverse engineering helps in developing sufficientinformation about a (product) form and function to allow replication with or without enhancement in original orcurrent technologies, materials, and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Cox; R. Bruce Robinson

solving problems and designingsolutions. Understandably, they generally want to work on real design problems in their degreeprograms. Based on student feedback, engineering students respond more positively to coursesthat involve real systems and problems, and consequently, probably learn better. Usingrealistic case studies is a logical response to these learning issues. In fact, most MBA programsrecognize the value of case studies and use them extensively.Our case study design also helps our Civil Engineering degree program meet several ABET2000 goals and criteria. This design project case study helps us achieve these ABET 2000outcomes: 1) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering 2) an ability to design a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Olkan Cuvalci; Douglas D. Gransberg; Cevdet Nuhrat; Bobby Green

see an object at night is based noton the light that is striked from the object, but on the difference in the brightness between thetarget and its background (contrast).The first lighting research was started in the 15th century, when the citizens of London and Parisbegan to carry lanterns at night. In 1866, the control of roadway lighting by government agenciesbegan in Paris. The first significant lighting research was conducted by Sweet in the 1910’s. Hestudied the disability glare under the supervision of Railroad Warehouse Commission atMadison, Wisconsin. Subsequently, in 1914, an extensive research project was conducted in Page

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Chotchai Charoenngam; Abdul Samad Kazi

aspects of information technology in construction, it failed to provide a hands ontraining environment exposing students to the realities of working in a complex and diverseconstruction project environment. Extensive course load limited the students from actuallystepping out of the classroom for long periods to experience construction reality. For this the sitehad to be brought into the reach of the students and this was possible through an intitiative suchas Construction Communications Simulation through Virtual Set-Up Environment andInformation Technology (CCSTVSUEIT). Virtual sceanarios were created to simulate real lifeconstruction activities and to engage the students into the dynamics of decision making throughinformation exchange and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

James E. Mitchell

readily scheduled forstudent presentations. The campus network has an internet connection and all laboratorycomputers used by the students taking ArchEng 390 are equipped with the necessary softwaredescribed in this article.Prior to the course revision of AY1995-96 described here the courses were taught as a series ofdesign projects using both manual drawing and CAD drawings for presentation purposes as wellas a variety of computer-based calculation tools (Excel, FrameMac, E-20 etc.) The essence ofthe course was, and still is, to develop an understanding buildings as a group of interconnected“systems” that may be designed in a fairly logical manner. The pedagogical approach has alwaysbeen to build from examining examples of existing systems, to

Conference Session

Leadership and Strategic Planning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Keynton, University of Louisville; James Fiet, University of Louisville; Pankaj Patel, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

31 out of 31business plans according to their expected financial performance. This program was anexperiment to see if the search model can improve the odds of aspiring PhD entrepreneurs todevelop successful business ventures in the growing biomedical device industry.The program consists of three integrated components incorporating the search model: (1) anInnovation Training Program for researchers and PhD level graduate bioengineering students; (2)an Innovative Research Fund to provide “discovery grants” for early stage research projects; and,(3) the Business Development Network to assist innovators with one-stop shopping forpatenting, determining market feasibility, business planning, licensing, and new business start-ups (Figure 1).PhD

Conference Session

New Instrumentation Ideas

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Buchanan, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven Bunkley, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

characteristics.Variances can be attributed to human error in positioning of the elevated mass before releasingfor impact.Student LearningA first-semester graduate student was assigned to the project for the purposes of acquainting thestudent with instrumentation and computer hardware. The student’s undergraduate backgroundwas computer science, so he had little to no actual hardware experience. Furthermore, the studenthad never been exposed to experimental research. Fortunately, the student put forth the effort tolearn the necessary components related to the research, and successfully completed the project.Feedback from the student indicated that he not only learned from this project, but the projectalso helped him understand and related unfamiliar subjects he was

Conference Session

Women In Engineering Poster Session / WEPAN Knowledge Center / Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Jane Langeman, Langeman Consulting; Lori DuBois, DuBois Information

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2010-2412: DISSEMINATION, ONLINE COMMUNITY AND USAGE OFWEPAN KNOWLEDGE CENTERC. Diane Matt, WEPAN Inc.Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech UniversityJane Langeman, Langeman ConsultingLori DuBois, DuBois Information Page 15.425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 WEPAN’s Digital Women in Engineering Knowledge CenterAbstractThe WEPAN Knowledge Center (WKC) offers several avenues for researchers and practitionersto improve dissemination activities as well as research and practice. The WKC ProfessionalCommunity can be used for private communities of research teams as well as project groups andparticipant groups. This paper will present an overview of these

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Devanandham Henry, Stevens Institute of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC); Tim L Ferris, University of South Australia; Alice F. Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Massood Towhidnejad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

Engineering boards. Massood Towhidnejad is senior member of IEEE. Page 21.56.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Organizing the Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE) for International RelevanceIntroductionThe Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE) project1was initiated in 2009 by a university partnership under the Systems Engineering Research Center(SERC). The objective of the BKCASE project was to create two products for free use by theinternational systems engineering (SE) community: (1) a Systems

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Bazzoli; Blair Rowley

Subject 1 Bridge Building Competition 2 Engineering Art, E-mail and the Web 3 3D Art and Fundamentals of Flight 4 3D Art and Web Design I 5 Exam 1 and Web Design II 6 Instrumentation, Web Design III and Final Project Assigned 7 Circuits and Engineering Math 8 Exam 2, Timers and Flip-Flops and other IC’s 9 Blinky and How Things Work 10 Stress & Strain and Ethics, and Presentation of Final ProjectsEach lecture period is made friendly and inviting using some interesting techniques. Prior tolecture the room lights are dimmed and popular music is played. The latest news from Google orCNN is projected on a pull down screen and an aromatic candle is lit. When lecture starts themusic fades and the news

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Craddock; Chandrasekhar Vallath; Alison Arndt; Lizette Chevalier

Carbondale.IntroductionThe work presented in this paper is part of a project developing multimedia laboratorycourseware (labware) for Civil and Environmental Engineering curricula. In particular, we aredeveloping labware for the environmental engineering and strength of materials laboratory. Thispaper will focus on two of the multimedia components of the environmental engineeringlaboratory in addition to presenting an overall view of our pedagogical approach. At this stage, Page 7.1116.1we are still in the formative development of the project, having just started external reviews inacademia and indus try. The project is a joint effort between the Department of

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Bazuin; S. Hossein Mousavinezhad; Ikhlas Abdel-Qader

DSP,independent study or faculty directed research opportunities are available through both a project -based course ECE 490 and senior design capstone projects ECE 481 and ECE 482. To expandstudent exposure to include real-time, hands-on work, the department has begun to incorporate anew sequence of experiments into the Digital Signal Processing course, ECE 455, using a newlyestablished DSP laboratory. The laboratory has been jointly funded by the National ScienceFoundation, Texas Instruments, and Western Michigan University.DSP Laboratory SettingThe DSP laboratory consists of PC-based workstations equipped with specialized DSP hardwareand software. The Computer workstations are internally equipped with TI TMS320C6701Evaluation Module (EVM

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yonael Teklu; Saifur Rahman; Peter Wiesner

Session# DLNET: Creating a Digital Library for Learning Objects in Engineering Saifur Rahman, Yonael Teklu Peter Wiesner Alexandria Research Institute Institute for Electrical and Virginia Tech Electronics Engineers, Inc.AbstractFunded by the National Science Foundation, the DLNET project is developing a specialized collection ofengineering and technology-related “learning objects” targeted at the practicing engineer and technologist so as

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brachtl; Sub Ramakrishnan; Mohammad Dadfar

Session 1520 A Comparison of Common Processor Scheduling Algorithms Mohammad B. Dadfar, Michael Brachtl, Sub Ramakrishnan Department of Computer Science Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Phone: (419) 372 2337 fax: 419 372 8061 email: datacomm@cs.bgsu.eduAbstractThis paper describes some projects given in an operating systems course that deal with processorscheduling in a multiprogramming environment. We use a Java program to simulate a number ofCPU

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Arun Srivats Mohan, Pennsylvania State University; Frank Christopher Barber

publications and emphasized onoutcomes discussions, and further that the existing literature likely underreported challengesencountered with such approaches. Several years later, Bovill (2020) in her own review reportingan observation that “partnership projects [tended to select] small groups of often super-engagedor privileged students” (p. 1023). Bovill (2020) further thought that scope existed for broadeningparticipation to include entire classes instead of just select individual students. On the industrialside, Smith et al. (2018) approached industrial partnerships from the perspective of industrialcollective social responsibility (CSR) efforts, concluding that such an approach could “helpstudents develop more holistic perspectives on CSR and the

Conference Session

Topics in Biomass and Gasification Processes

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Drew Witte, IUPUI; Peter J. Schubert, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

America, can be seen from space, and is full. It is scheduled to closein October 20134. NYC has shifted all their MSW transfer stations to the waterfront, to providemore options for export of trash5. The “City that Never Sleeps” is already the biggest exporter inthe US, sending trash as far away as Indiana and Texas. In the European Union, available spacefor new landfills has already vanished, and has sparked huge interest in converting waste intoenergy, thereby solving two problems at the same time6. In the US, a few waste-to-energy(WTE) projects are either being planned or are in pilot scale operation. For thermal energy only,a number of “mass burn” facilities exist which combust trash to produce steam, although theenvironmental suitability of

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #7393Using the Parallax Propeller for Mechatronics EducationDr. Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University Hugh Jack is a Professor of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering at Grand Valley State Uni- versity in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His interests include manufacturing education, design, project man- agement, automation, and control systems. Page 23.1343.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Using the Parallax Propeller for Mechatronics

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 3

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arzu Susoglu, SUNY Farmingdale

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

courses in data security, cryptography, computer forensics, and senior project writing. Her research interests include machine learning, artificial intelligence, cryptography, steganography, and security. Arzu focuses on providing hands-on learning experiences and integrating real-world applications into her curriculum, ensuring her students gain the skills needed for successful careers in technology and security fields. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Integrate the iPad, Apple Pencil, and Goodnotes, to enhance teaching effectiveness.AbstractUsing multimedia such as slides, diagrams, charts, and videos as visual aids during lectures hasproved

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James N. Almquist; D. Joanne Wilson

engineering students place at a math level of trigonometry or below.Developed ten years ago, GE 1020, Introduction to Engineering has evolved into thecourse that is primarily taken by first semester freshmen. Through its evolution, the fourprimary goals of the course have remained. These goals are Introduction to theEngineering Profession, College Success Skills, Introduction to the University andCollege, and Development of Community. Researching the engineering disciplines,discussing engineering ethics, learning computational skills, listening to guest lecturers,and participating in group design projects are all a part of learning about the profession ofengineering. Topics included in college success skills are learning styles and timemanagement

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Murat Tanyel

will discuss thestudent projects and will offer a sample. I will then conclude with a discussion on the present state ofthe toolkit and on possible future developments.II. PRESENTATIONS WITH THE TOOLKITFor small classrooms (where small classes like the Communication Systems are held), the engineeringdepartment has a COW. COW stands for computer on wheels, (a very appropriate acronym for acollege in a rural setting) and is basically a personal computer with a projection system on a cart thatmay be wheeled around. Every classroom at Dordt has network connection and any document saved Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education North Midwest Section Annual Conference Copyright ” 2002, American Society

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bridget Benson; Bryan Mealy

kickstarter project was recently Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 184proposed describing efforts to create an open source hardware based digital design course4 buthas yet to be developed.History and OverviewThe notion of porting a digital design course currently taught in a flipped classroom format to anonline format follows an ongoing evolution in the mode of instruction for digital design coursesat the authors’ institution. The first major change in digital course formats was switching from

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Charles H. Forsberg

designs; Choice ofthe optimal design; Construction of a prototype or mathematical model of the chosen design;Testing and evaluating the chosen design; Modifying the design, as appropriate, based on thetest results; and finally, Documenting the solution.“Informed” design is a design process developed through the NSF-funded NYSCATE(New York State Curriculum for Advanced Technological Education) Project.1 In thispedagogical approach to design, students increase their knowledge and skill base beforeaddressing the specific design problem. This is done through the performance of short,focused activities known as “Knowledge and Skill Builders”, or “KSBs”.As an example of KSBs: One popular design activity for middle school students involvesthe students

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

theirfirst year – by being largely designed and taught by upper-division undergraduate students. Thestudents propose the learning outcomes for these First Year Design courses to target skills - bothtechnical and professional - that they identify as valuable when navigating theory-basedcoursework and practice-focused extracurricular activities. Student-teachers build their coursefrom a high-structure template centered in active and experiential pedagogy, where learners areinitially “set up” with content knowledge and skills practice before being “let go” to navigate theentire engineering design cycle on a team project. Through this peer-to-peer active learningmodel, we not only provide real-world context for what it means to be an engineer to our

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2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

SeductionCorporate Reasons Better tutorials More repeatable documentation Certification and Standards Knowledge base Failure documentation Project Process EvolutionNotebook Assessment Form Project Writing Problem WritingNotebook Writing is not DeadIn the 1970’s, at Harvey Mudd College, engineering notebooks could be found in sophomorelevel engineering course rooms. Old donated equipment was being worked on. Previous andcurrent students left their notebooks in the classroom. The initial student motivation was to digup information. Today students initially search the internet. Yet reading each other’s notebookstaught a lot more than technical detail.Before the summer of 2011, US patents began with writing

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Virginia Greiman; Jim Cormier

Communication and Collaboration in an Online Masters Degree Vijay Kanabar, Associate Professor, Boston University Virginia Greiman, Assistant Professor, Boston University Jim Cormier, Lecturer, Boston UniversityAbstract Communicating with students and encouraging collaboration poses a major challenge in distanceeducation. In this paper, the authors present lessons learned from an online master’s degree program; eachhad successfully developed courses to teach engineers and managers project management at a distance.The first section introduces online learning and illustrates the tools and interactive technologies used tocommunicate with students. The second

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2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

SeductionCorporate Reasons Better tutorials More repeatable documentation Certification and Standards Knowledge base Failure documentation Project Process EvolutionNotebook Assessment Form Project Writing Problem WritingNotebook Writing is not DeadIn the 1970’s, at Harvey Mudd College, engineering notebooks could be found in sophomorelevel engineering course rooms. Old donated equipment was being worked on. Previous andcurrent students left their notebooks in the classroom. The initial student motivation was to digup information. Today students initially search the internet. Yet reading each other’s notebookstaught a lot more than technical detail.Before the summer of 2011, US patents began with writing

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

R. Dennis Foster

decades have focused on information technology and data management and not onthe impact a project has on the quality and cost of living. Simultaneously people have shiftedfrom rural areas to the overburdened infrastructure of cities. These infrastructures are aging andmaintenance or replacement is not keeping pace with deterioration. (2)There has always been talk since 1960 of adding extra years to the current 4 year program asindicated in an article in this September‟s issue of the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) magazine.(3) The co-op universities have always used the co-op terms wisely as thoseextra years. Originally the draft “Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21 st Century”listed 15 desired outcomes; a review increased

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Steven Bercik; Mehmet Furkan Baylan; Ansa Brew-Smith; Don Heiman; Bala Maheswaran; Haridas Kumarakuru

2025 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, March 22, 2025, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Learning Through Logic: An Educational Digital Guessing Game with LED FeedbackSteven Bercik1, Mehmet Furkan Baylan1, Ansa Brew-Smith1, Don Heiman1, Bala Maheswaran2, Haridas Kumarakuru1 1 Department of Physics, 2Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 USA Abstract—This project introduces a digital guessing game, engaging, and fun, fostering an overall deeper understandingwhere player-1, the guesser, attempts to deduce a correct and appreciation of