Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D. Bailey, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

numbers to shrinkdramatically, but it did suggest that enrollment growth in this program would be limited. Inorder to best leverage available resources for the program, a complete redesign of thecombinations of course offerings, the physical resources, and the human resources wasundertaken. Although local industry had a vested interest, and supported the redesign, thisrestructuring project was initiated and completed by the program’s faculty.Course Offerings (within the major)Table 1 lists the major course offerings by semester and by lab as they were originally offered.This is a pretty traditional arrangement, and very similar to other programs in the system.Table 1. Initial Course offeringsYear 1 (old lab)Fall

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT); Xiaohui Yuan, University of North Texas; David Adam Harden; Yang Lu

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #7953Cross-Domain Integration of home automation, entertainment, and e-Healthusing Wireless Sensor NetworkDr. Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston (CoT) Dr. Xiaojing Yuan is Associate Professor in the Computer Engineering Technology program of Engineer- ing Technology Department. She is the founder and director of the ISGRIN research lab and actively incorporating undergraduate research activities as part of final project requirements in several undergrad- uate junior and senior level courses dealing with sensors, instrumentation, and microprocessor hardware and software. Her research interest includes wireless

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

studentoutcomes. The College of Engineering at Temple University has four academic departments,including the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and a newly establishDepartment of Bioengineering (BE).The Director of the General Engineering degree program has the responsibility to insure allaspects of the Program including continuous improvement of the interdisciplinary curriculum.The Director is also the single interface between the Program and industry for co-operative workstudy assignments, internships, capstone design projects and professional employment. Providingan identified Director on point assures that the General Engineering degree maintains visibilityand creditability within the College.Faculty advisors from both ECE and ME

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Pinelli, NASA Langley Research Center; Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Kimberly Marie Brush, NASA Langley Research Center; Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Education at the NASA Langley Research Center. She is completing her PhD in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership with a focus on Higher Edu- cation Administration at the College of William and Mary. Her dissertation is focused on the preferences of women in an engineering internship as compared to those of men, specifically focusing on the elements and skills that support women’s persistence into an engineering field.Ms. Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc. Jeannine Perry joined Continental Research in 1984. As Sr. Project Director, she meets with each client to discuss their needs and outline the research project goals. She is then responsible for planning and monitoring all phases of the

Conference Session

The Climate for Women In Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Jarosz; Ilene Busch-Vishniac

that 21st century leaders must“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”make connections among seemingly disparate discoveries. Saving design projects until senioryear drives students away. Technology such as computer graphic simulations allows hands-onengineering even in freshman year.8At Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a member of the Foundation Coalition, underclassmentake comprehensive 12-credit courses integrating engineering, physics, chemistry, computerscience and calculus. There is topical alignment and exams are integrated.9Fromm’s E4 program at Drexel integrates science, engineering and liberal studies. A team

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Stephan; Vedaraman Sriraman

supply, and a clock pulsewith a selectable clock frequency. While this type of prototype breadboard is suitable for use withTTL (transistor-transistor logic) SSI and MSI (small-scale and medium-scale integrated circuits,respectively), most of the digital electronics industry has progressed beyond this 1970s-eratechnology. At the beginning of the NSF-sponsored project, there were no computers in theelectronics laboratory where Digital Electronics and related courses were taught. Most modern digital systems are implemented primarily with embedded microprocessorsand PLDs (programmable logic devices). The use of PLDs allow the user to download entirecombinatorial and sequential logic designs into programmable hardware. The PLD is

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Bernal

provision and capability to askusers to evaluate the usability of systems. Usability is one of the main principles contained in user-centered design. User-centered design systematically approaches software design with the intentto fit the software to the genuine needs of users. It provides a scheme for quickly understandingusers in relation to systems, their working intentions in carrying out tasks, and the support theyneed from the system to perform those tasks.5 The ULAB, as a curricular resource, prepares ourgraduates to apply their knowledge to industry usability evaluations by promoting usability as anintegral part of the software’s pursuit of quality. Specific usability evaluation projects are done inthe ULAB with the user-centered courses

Conference Session

Outreach Activities and Introductory Materials Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. Genau, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, the fundamental connectionbetween structure, properties, processing and performance was emphasized. Due to timeconstraints, not all students were able to experience each small-group station. The studentsdisliked that aspect, and in the future, care will be taken to ensure that all students have theopportunity to participate in all activities.A highlight of the program was an afternoon trip to a local steel mill, which included lunch, atalk about the company and some of the materials problems that they tackle, and a tour of theirrecycling and production facilities. The students were very engaged in the tour and had manyquestions afterwards, particularly about the environmental impact of the facility.Design Project: Model RocketsThe camp

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; James Widmann, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

principlesby analyzing a catapult for a medieval exhibit at a British Museum. These projects areintroduced before the material is covered, serving as a form of inductive learning and hopefullymotivating the material. Finally, we have included conceptual questions during each class periodto help the students think more deeply about the material (rather than just plugging numbers intoequations). Assessment will be presented using three metrics: final exam averages, scores on theDynamics Concept Inventory, and student attitudinal surveys.IntroductionLandmark publications such as How People Learn and Educating the Engineer of 2020 (alongwith numerous other publications) have suggested that we need to change the traditional way ofeducating engineering

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Reese

and electrical engineeringmajors for our senior project course, which usually includes a microcontroller as acomponent. Assembly language labs are specified as C programs, with the students actingas human compilers for PIC18 implementation. This removes the mystery of the C toassembly language link, and prepares the students for the hardware labs that areimplemented entirely in C. The hardware labs cover the onboard peripherals of thePIC18F242 such as the timer subsystem, I2C interface, and analog-to-digital converter, aswell as off-chip interfacing to devices such as a serial EEPROM, an I2C digital-to-analogconverter, and an infrared receiver. The challenges in this course design have includedfinding the correct mix of assembly language

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wei Li, University of Texas; Tamara Wogen, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

undergraduatestudents. The last two examples are the individual courses where individual MfgE/MEfaculty developed a course or a lab project in biomedical manufacturing. Page 15.1182.3 2Example 1: Biomedical Engineering Specialization Program at University of Calgary [5]The Engineering Programs at the University of Calgary offers the BiomedicalEngineering Specialization program, which allows undergraduate engineering students totake a series of biomedical engineering classes on top of the regular engineering classes.This group of students is called ‘the Biomedical Engineering Specialization students.’They are from various

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Mechtel, United States Naval Academy; Samara Firebaugh, United States Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

final test of their project 5-6.The electrodynamics course at the United States Naval Academy begins withtransmission line theory, considered to be a useful pedagogical link between circuitanalysis and the vector calculus required for describing free space propagation ofelectromagnetic waves. This approach has successfully helped students understand wavepropagation concepts even before the course included a laboratory. The added laboratoryprovides an immediate illustration of transmission line topics using SONNET ™, a 3DPlanar Electromagnetic software package for the design and simulation of microstripcomponents.( SONNET Lite™ is free online but a University Program makes thesoftware available at a discount for colleges and universities.) After

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah; Debra Mascaro, University of Utah; Robert Roemer, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. He teaches courses in engineering design, and is interested in integrating the use of design projects and active learning throughout the curriculum to improve engineering education. Page 15.789.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Interactive Learning Using a SPIRAL Approach in a Large Required First-Year Mechanical Engineering ClassAbstractThe use of active learning is being implemented in a large, required first-year MechanicalEngineering two-course sequence that is part of a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dominic Halsmer

submit exhibits to a personal “website” via the internet along with demographicinformation which allows for aggregation and disaggregation of data for program improvement.Faculty members develop rubrics for evaluation of exhibits and assessment of student work.Since students have access to their e-Portfolio accounts for a minimum of eight years, it isplanned to gather additional data from graduates on an ongoing basis. Portfolio exhibits includesupporting documents, evaluations and recommendations, evidence of competencies, writtensamples, projects, evidence of creativity and performance, and evidence of extracurricularactivities. Hardcopy items may be entered by using a scanner. Specific choices for engineeringexhibits are shown in Table 1

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fengfeng Zhou

TIMSS-R). Toaddress this issue and cope with the rapid advancement in science and technology, NationalScience Foundation (NSF) has funded a number of research projects at dozens of universitiesnationwide. One of these projects is Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP)currently being conducted at the University of Cincinnati. Project STEP involves nine graduateand eight undergraduate fellows, twenty-two secondary science and mathematics teachers, andten UC professors (from the College of Engineering and College of Education). Every fellow isplaced in a secondary school to work with one or more teachers. The main responsibility of afellow is to develop and implement hands-on activities that are technology-driven and inquiry-based

Conference Session

Green and Sustainable Manufacturing Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Page 24.780.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Integrating the Energy Efficiency and Assessment Components into ManufacturingAbstractThis paper reports the current developments and implementations on energy efficiency andassessment studies in an engineering technology program. The developments are basically in twocategories: 1) Web-based teaching modules of Renewable Energy Education have beendeveloped through a funded research project. Instructional Materials, Laboratory Practices andAssessment Exercises have been posted to iLearn (which a Desire2Learn system) and Canvas(which is an Instructure system). Developed materials have been tested by

Conference Session

Online Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle E Jarvie Eggart PE, University of Maryland, University College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

examples from professional practiceoccurred in the Power Pont lectures, along with greater details, The Power Point lectures couldbe considered richer in extra examples beyond the text. In both sections, a group research projectwas assigned capture the interest of the kinetic/tactile learners. Students were not made aware ofthe different format of the sections.Student Grade and Instructor Ranking ResultsA total of 78 students took the class over the two semesters. Summative assessments (gradedevaluations) were used to compare student teaching Students overall class grades were examinedto see if the different lecture delivery resulted in a measurable difference in learning. Classgrades were composed of 10% discussion participation, 10% project

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erin Cejka; Chris Rogers

impact the ways these teachers address the frameworks in their classrooms. Previousresearch in this area has shown that perceptions about engineering and technology can changepositively after preservice teachers took on their own design projects1. Little, however, is knownabout the design processes that teachers use in such projects. Additionally, there is a significantlack of research in this area regarding inservice teachers. Knowing more about these processes,as well as effective methods of supporting teachers during the learning process, will help toinform teacher education efforts.This paper outlines a research project aimed at developing an understanding of the designprocess of inservice teachers. This project focuses on twelve

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Edgar

year. While this shows that civil engineering involves measuring the surfaceof the earth and determining boundaries, little more about the nature of civil engineeringis determined. Finally, the students that have stuck it out hit the wealth of courses inCivil Engineering during junior year. However, each course is normally taught as aseparate entity, usually relating very little to other courses being offered at the same time.It finally takes until senior year that the students have enough knowledge to be able tosynthesize that civil engineering is a whole, with all the pieces working together to makea successful project. Indeed, that is one of the purposes of the senior design/capstonecourse. Other academic programs have 1000 level

Conference Session

Technical Issues in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Murtuza Aluminiumwalla; Mohammed Haque

Session 2406 A VIRTUAL TOUR OF A REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Mohammed E. Haque, Ph.D., P.E., Mur tuza Aluminiumwalla Texas A&M Univer sity, Texas, USAAbstr actVisits to construction sites are ideally complementing our classroom instruction for constructionengineering and management students. However, various complicating issues, such asunavailability of construction projects during the academic semesters and impracticality due toconstruction site risk for a large group of students make it impossible to rely on site visits.Considerable pedagogical advantages can be

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

H. Joel Lenoir

mathematical models of systems and theprediction of response. Sessions in the laboratory allow for modeling using state-space and othermatrix methods. Students conduct several analysis and measurement projects, allowing for thecomparison of theoretical and actual results.The remainder of the semester is focused on control topics. The concept of the transfer functionis quickly followed by the solution and simulation of multiple problem sets. The results of these Page 10.20.2problems are used to introduce topics such as stability, steady-state error, and transient response.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Howard Medoff; Stephen Stace; Janice Margle

project. It involvesdesigning, building, and testing a simple stringed instrument. All work is done in teams. A combination demo/hands-on exercise is being developed for inclusion as the designcomponent of a freshmen engineering design and graphics course. The purpose of the exercise isto expose students to designing and building a simple stringed instrument. This instrumentincludes a strain gage to (indirectly) measure string tension which is then compared to mathe-matical models and resulting musical pitch. This musical pitch is analyzed using commerciallyavailable software that receives input from a contact microphone mounted on the instrument’sbody. Student teams document all information through reports and in-class

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

project spending would roughly triple, andwithin a decade would result in a savings of twenty billion dollars per year in energy and watercosts, create over one hundred thousand permanent new jobs, and significantly cut pollution”.As an Energy Project Director and Energy Auditor for the past ten years, I have performed morethan four hundred energy audits in governmental facilities, universities, health care organizations,public schools, and private industry buildings. Two commonalities are usually found in all thesestructures. One commonality usually found is that most facilities have not yet implemented theuse of energy efficient technologies, due to budget constraints. The second commonality is thatthe performance contract provided by the

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

because it is felt that students should concentrateon understanding the fluid flow characteristics and not spend time learning how to create andmesh the models. Students are required to enter input parameters such as viscous model, fluidproperties, and boundary conditions. The system’s velocity and pressure characteristics are thenanalyzed using vector, contour, and x-y plots. Feedback from students has indicated that thefluid visualization post processing tools (i.e., vector and contour output plots) gets theminterested in the project and motivates them to do a thorough analysis of how changes inReynolds number affects the fluid characteristics of the system. Furthermore, it is felt that anearly introduction to CFD may inspire some students to

Conference Session

Assessment Strategies in BAE

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann Kenimer; Jim Morgan

Taxonomy (e.g.knowledge, comprehension, application). Term projects often are used to help students develophigher-order thinking skills and to bring design concepts into engineering courses. However,because projects have greater scope and larger work requirements, it is difficult to fit more thanone or two projects into a semester-long course. Further, most students and many faculty viewthese longer-term assignments as mostly out-of-class work. While comprehensive and veryworthwhile, these term projects are both burdensome to complete and cumbersome to grade.Hence, neither faculty nor students would relish increasing the number of these all-encompassingdesign projects attempted per semester. This paper describes efforts to develop and implement in

Conference Session

Remote Sensing and Telemetry

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas; George Pincus

technology is commonly referred to as Geomatics. Page 8.1068.1 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationWhy is GPS/GIS, Geomatics, included in a Structural Analysis and Design EngineeringTechnology Program?The technologies involved in Geomatics are significant for engineering technology practicebecause of its labor saving costs and improvements in the quality of results. Engineering firmsare eager to apply Geomatics to everyday projects throughout the world. Therefore, EngineeringTechnology programs

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Jackson; Susan Magun-Jackson

StrengthsFinder Profile. This article presents a review of the“strengths” literature, an analysis of the class results using the StrengthsFinder Profile, andconclusions.IntroductionThe introductory course MEM 601 in the Master of Engineering Management Program atChristian Brothers University utilizes group activities to facilitate learning and to develop team-related skills. In addition to homework and in-class assignment, students are grouped in teams towork on semester-long projects. Projects give these teams an opportunity to utilize leadershipand management concepts, project management skills, and other principles and informationpresented throughout the semester.The class of fall 2002 also read the book, Now, Discover Your Strengths1 by Buckingham

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Darcy Schein; Cathryne Stein

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 2engineering, design, language arts, and even ethics. Educational robotics is usually multi-modal,involving programming, mechanical design and construction, teamwork and project management.This can be a real opportunity for students with learning styles not typically suited to classroomwork to flourish and demonstrate their talent.The Botball Program is the main educational initiative at the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.Botball is an educational program for middle and high school

Conference Session

New Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Taras Grechyn; Petro Gogolyuk; Ilya Grinberg

curriculumdevelopment approaches. Theoretical instructions, laboratory exercises, and projects shouldinclude emerging issues and be common to several disciplines across the curriculum.One of the topics of such integration is identifying and linking related issues in electricalengineering/electrical engineering technology and thermodynamics courses.An example of such a topic is sizing conductors based on their current carrying capacity as wellas fault current calculations.Power distribution systems for industrial facilities with voltages less than 1 kV are decisive interms of systems’ reliability, voltage quality, energy savings, and electromagnetic compatibilityamong others.In such systems only fuses or automatic (molded case) circuit breakers are used to

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

) was started on campus and six members of the UTEP WiSE programare participating in this on-going community-based design project. The focus of this project is toget women involved in creating technology that will positively impact the community. The VDCis a collaborative network of nine colleges and universities that draws technical and non-technicalwomen, and their supporters, into technology by making the connection between technologycreation and social impact. Page 8.599.2Guided by a few basic concepts and fresh communication processes, VDC participants create “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual