Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ahlgren, Trinity College; Igor Verner, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

robot contests, provide students with a framework for effective learning anddevelopment of engineering aptitude. Experiences with integrating theoretical tests in the TrinityCollege Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest, National Botball Tournament, and InternationalRobot Olympiad are presented.IntroductionRobot competitions are widely recognized as effective motivational and organizationalframeworks for robotics research and project-based engineering education. Many educationalinstitutions develop programs in which student teams perform robot design projects throughcurricula and extracurricular activities and participate in local, national and international robotcontests. As motivators, guides, communicators, and evaluators of contest-oriented

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Squires, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mike Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology

Masters of Business Administration (MBA) at George Mason University in 1996. She is concurrently pursuing her doctoral research at Stevens in systems engineering and intelligent / adaptive online learning systems. As the primary author of this paper, please address all related communications to her at: asquires@stevens.edu. Early in her career Alice focused on engineering hardware design and related software development, followed by technical management and operations management, with a more recent focus on systems engineering and online education and training. She has over twenty years of experience in engineering project management and technical management primarily in the

Conference Session

Ethical Responsibilities of Engineers in the World of Corporate Business / Engineering and Poverty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York-Binghamton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Page 12.616.9engineering education based upon the Integral Model. The most significant change thatresults from an adoption of the morally deep world view in the design methodology is thatone requirement that is specifically outlined is in the form of the following question:Has the suffering and/or injustice in the world been reduced through the completion of theproposed engineering project? If it has not, the project and solution should not go forward.If it has, the solution is morally and ethically acceptable.The asking of such a question, the insistence on such a criterion, represents an importantbroadening of the sense of responsibility that engineers have in their proposed solutions toopen-ended problems.A recent article by Singleton13

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Lynette Osborne, National Academy of Engineering; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Karl Smith, University of Minnesota; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Education. She is co-PI on several NSF-funded projects and 5 months as the Acting Director for the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, a multi-campus project investigating the educational experience of engineering students. Dr. Streveler earned a BA in Biology from Indiana University-Bloomington, MS in Zoology from the Ohio State University, and Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her primary research interest is investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in science and engineering.Karl Smith, University of Minnesota KARL A. SMITH is Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education, Department of

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Raymond, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, this method of testing provides a mix of test-takingformats to benefit students with a variety of test-taking strengths and weaknesses thusaccommodating a variety of learning styles.Team research topics are an important component of the course. Research projects are alsoperformed in various ways to appeal to students with different strengths. The first project is ateam-based project related to a known atmospheric problem such as urban smog, the ozone hole,or acid rain. This project culminates in a formal presentation to the entire class. Thispresentation is meant to be included as actual course content for which the class is responsible.The presentation is therefore usually about one hour long and includes the

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa Ivette Santiago Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Genock Portela-Gauthier, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Arturo Ponce, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

projects. The average gradeson the projects are less varied by discipline, possibly due to the fact that the projects werecompleted in groups of 3-4 in which disciplines were mixed. However, a number of importanttrends were observed, including:  many students (at least 50%) resisted using the spreadsheet and used in minimally; we were surprised by the number of students who chose to do a number of “side calculations” manually and then enter these numbers into the spreadsheet, rather than performing them directly in the spreadsheet; students who did this were at a general disadvantage to answer some of the more conceptual questions that required a variation in parameters to illustrate trends in behavior.  a

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L Price, University of Tulsa; Geoffrey D. Silcox, University of Utah; Michael Newton, University of Utah, Chemical Engineering Department; Terry L Phipps

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Society and has received many departmental, college, and university scholarships. He worked with Dr. Jost O.L. Wendt of Utah for two years as a research assistant in the oxy-coal combustion group as part of the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, helping three doctoral students’ research efforts. His work was presented at the 2nd International Oxyfuel Combustion Conference in Yeppoon, Australia in September 2011. Additionally, Newton spent a summer taking part in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates working as a student research associate for Oscilla Power, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah. His project with Oscilla Power, Inc. entailed a preliminary design and investigation into the

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

staff have developed experiments that have moved from a ‘cookbook’ approach toone in which students are presented several open-ended design projects during the semester. Themotivation to alter the pedagogical approach used in the labs was to attract and retain students inthe BSEE program by increasing student self-confidence, providing opportunities to instill self-reliance, developing deeper understanding of fundamental concepts through visually Page 23.290.2demonstrations, and supporting students as they strive to achieve technical goals. Other desiredoutcomes for all students, identified as the project evolved, were to develop better

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; LaTricia Townsend

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for Educational Innovation at NC State University, Dr. Corn serves as PI of several large, statewide evaluation and research studies of innovations in K-12 schools and districts, including leading the evaluation of initiatives funded under North Carolina’s Race to the Top grant. Her research interests focus on leadership, professional development, teaching and learning, infrastructure, and evaluation for technology-enhanced innovations in public school settings.Mrs. Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University Tracey Louise Collins is the Project Coordinator for the MISO Project. Responsibilities include imple- menting activities of the project, coordinating efforts among K-12 science, technology, engineering

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Ruth Rodríguez Gallegos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Tagged Divisions

International

Beichner from NorthCarolina State University in the SCALE-UP project3. Like the ACE classroom, there are manyother similar classrooms located in the United States and throughout the world. In general, theseclassrooms all share the basic elements proposed in the SCALE-UP project, differing only in thenumber of tables (due to room size) and the technology they have. Due to their characteristics,such rooms are ideal for teaching sciences such as physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology.However, we have found that other areas such as language or literature also reap the benefits ofthe setup and overall environment that is created in these classrooms4.For several years, Beichner conducted research and experimented with on different classroomsdesigns

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Maher Murad

the software allowsfor open-ended design requirements that enable each team to search for feasible solutions thatmeet design guidelines of the American Association of State Highways and TransportationOfficials (AASHTO) or the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Differentteams may end up with different design solutions. The students understand through a semester -long project that they are the designers and not the software. They also learn that using thesoftware is a process, which is likely to help them when using other highway design software.Senior students who have used the software in their senior design projects have produced highquality design reports and drawings.This paper describes the process of integrating the LDD

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

implementation regarding oralcommunication activities that include review of oral communication, impromptu oral presentation,oral report, group discussion, critical review, and formal oral presentation of design project. Theperformance of students in each oral activity was evaluated by the instructor and sometimesstudents themselves, and the feedback was provided to the student for improvement. Each oralactivities is summarized as follows: 1) Review on Oral Communication A faculty member from the Communication Department is invited to the class in the second week to cover general theory of speech making and suggest students with useful skills for better communication. He explained in detail 10 tips suggested by the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston (CoE); Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Anthony R. Kovscek, Stanford University; Mehmet Ayar, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R. Gilman P.E., Texas A&M University; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Timothy Allen Robinson, Pennsylvania State University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

University of Technology in Iran and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, all in mechanical engineering. He continued his postdoctoral research studies at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and joined the CSULB faculty in 1981. Toossi has worked both as a research scientist and consultant on various projects related to aqueous aerosols and droplets in the atmosphere, nuclear safety, sensor design, air pollution dispersion modeling, flame propagation, fluid mechanics, and fiber optics. His current interests include conducting research and teaching courses in heat transfer, combustion, hybrid-electric vehicles, hydrogen storage, environmental engineering, and renewable energy sources

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford; Devdas Shetty, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2012-5316: LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL LASER BASED VIBRATIONMEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED SIGNAL CONDITION-ING, PYTHON AND MATLABDr. Jonathan M. Hill, University of Hartford Jonathan Hill is an Associate Professor in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Hart- ford in Connecticut. He has a Ph.D. and M.S.E.E. from Worcester Polytechnic Inst. in Worcester, Mass., and he was previously a Project Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp. He instructs graduate and un- dergraduate computer engineering computer courses, directs graduate research, and performs research involving embedded microprocessor based systems. His current projects involve small system design, signal processing, and intelligent

Conference Session

History, Program Design, and even a Journal Club

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

of acourse project. To discuss nanomaterial applications, the students employed the knowledge theyacquired from the instructor to supplement literature review to present, share and propose newavenues to explore. This unusual course format (from students’ perspective) presented uniqueopportunities for the students.Core engineering courses typically struggle to function beyond the lower order thinking level;focusing often only on knowledge, comprehension and application. The incorporation of journalclub methods elevated the Introduction to Nanotechnology course to function primarily at thehigher order thinking levels, based on Bloom’s Taxonomy.12 As a result the performance of astudent was essentially based upon their ability to analyze

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl A. Reidsema PhD, The University of Queensland; Lydia Kavanagh, The University of Queensland; Lesley Jolly, Strategic Partnerships

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

” involving over 1100 students. In 2010 he was appointed to the position of Director of Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Queensland in where he then led the successful development of the Flipped Classroom model for integrating theory with design prac- tice in a first year engineering design course ”ENGG1200 – Engineering Modelling and Problem Solving” with over 1200 students. Dr. Reidsema’s work is centred around the notion of Transformational Change in Higher Education which is reflected by his success in securing grants and industry funding for research and development in this area exceeding $3M including a 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Project

Conference Session

Design in the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Felipe L. Carvalho, Florida Atlantic University; Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #8891Biomedical Signal Processing: Designing an Engineering Laboratory CourseUsing Low-Cost Hardware and SoftwareMr. Felipe L. Carvalho, Florida Atlantic University Felipe L. Carvalho is a graduating senior in the Electrical Engineering program at Florida Atlantic Uni- versity (FAU), Boca Raton - FL. At FAU, he is a member of the Innovation Leadership Honors Program and as part of his undergraduate studies, is currently working on his Honors Project ”Biomedical Signal Processing.” Additionally, he is a co-op at BlackBerry, where he works closely with principles of telecom- munications and software testing. He

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MD B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Wimba. Professors at our institution strive very hard tokeep their knowledge up to date and explore new ways of effective and efficient teaching bylearning.Technological advancement in classroom equipment provides an edge to teaching. This bringsflexibility to both teachers and the students. Audio-visual aids like using power point slides, lasertechnology, video clips to emphasize important points, and using WebCT, Wimba are effectivelearning tools with proven impacts. Due to the availability of these technologies, more studentsare able to take courses via online. In our online courses, we made the course curriculum suitablefor online students. Students were allowed to view the lectures, performed group projects,appeared quizzes and exams

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Deepak Gupta; Robert Creese

their participationlevel and the evaluation is used to adjust the project grade for an individual student. The use ofthe computer has permitted the team size to be reduced to 2-3 students in the large classesinstead of the 4-7 students that occurred in the past. The basic manufacturing processes course, which is required by the Industrial Page 10.499.1Engineering program, the Mechanical Engineering program, and the Aerospace Engineering andMechanical Engineering dual major program, is a 2 credit course and is typically taken in the “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Askew; Cari-Sue Wilmot; Colley Hodges; Richard Bannerot

Session 1661 Teaching Technical Communications in an Introductory Design Course through Interventions from the University’s Writing Center Colley Hodges, Cari-Sue Wilmot, Robert Askew, Richard Bannerot University of Houston Writing Center/Dept. of Mechanical EngineeringAbstractThis paper describes the continuing and evolving relationship between the Writing in theDiscipline Program in the University of Houston Writing Center and the Cullen College ofEngineering. This specific project is an intervention into a sophomore design course inmechanical engineering that took place for the first

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

appreciation of the skills required to construct acompetitive machine for the end-of-course competition. The main goal of the summer, however,was to allow him to determine if and how the Georgia Tech course content could fit into thelearning objectives of the physics curriculum.Mousetrap Car CompetitionDuring the Fall Semester, the physics teacher and the STEP Fellow adapted an older version ofthe Georgia Tech design competition as a six-week student project. Prior to the 2000-2001school year, the ME 2110 competition limited the students to mousetraps and gravity as energysources. In the high school competition, the goal was to design a car powered by mousetrapsthat would travel a specified distance and stop on a target. Students were grouped into

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Clive Dym; Anthony Bright

collegescience/math core and introduced a new engineering design course (E4) for first year students.Warren Wilson, the first Chair of the Engineering Department presented the course objectivesthat were to become the goals of the engineering program for the next thirty years15: 1. Acquaint students with engineering practice; 2. Develop skills, by use, in computation; 3. Foster creative ability through projects; 4. Gain insight into management through group projects; 5. Develop appreciation for non-technical aspects of design; and 6. Foster willingness to responsibly attack open-ended problems.The Clinic courses and the first-year design course expose students to client-based designproblems. Each year about 25 new Clinic projects

Conference Session

BME Technical Modules and Laboratories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Warren; Jason Yao

describes how this device and it features have been applied in classroom environmentsto stimulate student learning. Several examples are introduced in detail, including (a) a pulseoximetry laboratory/lecture pair for a bioinstrumentation course sequence, (b) data sources forcourse projects in Linear Systems (EECE 512) and Scientific Computing (EECE 840), and (c) aplatform upon which undergraduate honors research students can build. This approach can beextended to other devices and classes.II. Theory – Principles of Pulse OximetryPPG pulse oximetry relies on the fractional change in light absorption due to arterial pulsations.In a typical configuration, light at two different wavelengths illuminating one side of tissue (e.g.,a finger) will be

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Wayne Unsell

Session 2549 Course Transformation Using Mobile Technology C. Wayne Unsell Indiana-Purdue University Ft. WayneAbstractA course transformation grant was awarded by the university to implement the PC Tablet,wireless access, and WebCT in a senior level soils and foundations class for the fall semester2003. The course is housed in the Department of Civil and Architectural EngineeringTechnology (CAET), the School of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science (ETCS),Indiana-Purdue University Ft. Wayne (IPFW). The grant was a university “pilot” project as afirst step in

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anne Spence

engineeringapplications in their algebra classrooms via CD curriculum kits. The curriculum on the CDs willhelp students apply algebraic concepts more effectively while giving them a glimpse into theworld of engineering. Many opportunities and challenges have been encountered during theinitial implementation of the program.The goal of this project, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is to increase studentenrollment and student diversity in college engineering programs throughout the state ofMaryland and, potentially, throughout the country. The program incorporates five objectives inorder to attain this goal: (1) develop CD curriculum kits that target different fields of engineering(chemical/mechanical, electrical, and civil/mechanical) that can be

Conference Session

IE Outreach and Advancement

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Wyrick

required courses in simulation, manufacturingsystems integration, and two semesters of project management and senior design. The seniordesign projects are team-based and are frequently sponsored by industrial clients. The remainingcourses are technical electives and social science and humanities electives. This relatively openschedule was developed so that this exchange could be facilitated when the University ofMinnesota system switched from quarters to semesters.The fourth year for IE students going to Luleå requires that they take courses in simulation,automated systems integration, a team-based industry-sponsored capstone project, computerintegrated manufacturing, a technical elective, and an integrative course in Swedish language,culture, and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Rossetti

’ experiences withthese techniques are detailed. Examples include introductory coverage of quality control,engineering economics, material handling, manufacturing systems, and methods analysis. Inaddition, potential projects for the course will be discussed.IntroductionThis paper discusses how to implement active and cooperative learning methods within a first-year, first semester Industrial Engineering course. Active and cooperative learning methodsrecognize that the passive model of the typical college lecture does not work for many students.Instead, active and cooperative learning is based on the premise that students can learn best bydoing and working with each other. Active learning involves four major elements:talking/listening, writing, reading

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Deisenroth

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society of Engineering Education • Describe the techniques and approaches used to develop facility layouts, locate facilities, and design material handling systems. • Identify major material flows, determine activity relationships, and specify space requirements. • Describe techniques for design and operation of a warehouse. • Apply theory and concepts to the design of facilities.ISE 4005-4006 Project Management and Systems Design is a senior level, two-semestercapstone design sequence for ISE majors. ISE 4005 (fall semester) is a survey of methods andtechniques used to plan, manage, and control projects

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Wentzheimer; Jennifer VanAntwerp; Gayle Ermer; Steven VanderLeest

science skill. Thisis indicative of the mounting evidence that employers, especially those that are joining or thathave joined the quality revolution, are desperate for people who do not have to learn on the jobhow to fit into a team-centered culture where communication, interpersonal skills, andprofessionalism, are as important as technical skills.” 54 Is the Engineer Primarily a Designer?“Don’t let it turn into a science project.” This may seem a strange turn of phrase to anacademician, but it is well understood in engineering industry. Engineering managers do notwant engineers to spend inordinate amounts of time doing research that does not directly aid infinishing a product design in a timely manner. A “science project” may not only produce

Conference Session

Virtual & Distance Experiments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman

learning tools were developed foruse in the Introduction to Engineering Systems course at the University of Notre Dame.The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to engineering, and two of four courseprojects involve the RCX. The learning tools expose students to what goes on under thehood of a computer, and, in conjunction with a physical laboratory project, give them asense of working on a real workplace assignment. The Fundamental Computer is similarto the “File Clerk” explanation in Richard Feynman’s Lectures on Computation. Thesimulator for this computer can input and output values, perform basic arithmeticoperations, and control the execution of a program, while the simulator for the RCXprocessor works for a substantial portion of the