MagnetometerGyroscopes will the measure the rotational rates of the spacecraft. Gyroscopes are inertialsensors that can provide attitude information without an absolute. The system we are planning onimplementing will call for three single axis gyroscope sensors allowing us to measure angularaccelerations on all three axes. This will determine the angular accelerations of the satellite in abody fixed reference frame. These rotational rates will be used by the ADCS microcontroller todetermine the necessary torque that the torque coils need to apply in order to stabilize the system.With a mass of approximately half of a gram and a power requirement of no more than 50mWeach, the Analog Devices ADXRS300 1-axis gyroscopes are ideal for the satellite. In order
UniversityIntroduction Lego motorcycle production Cookie Treat productionIE History Discussion of research on IE’s Students present IE’s from researchWork Design & Work Workstation design for Lego Time study lab – students performMeasurement motorcycle time study at 6 stationsCapacity Planning Small group productivity and capacity Not covered calculationsLayout & Production Layout of Lego airplane production Layout of small playground in groupsProduction Systems Push versus pull production Line balancing versus bucket brigade
April), the SIEDS abstract (due inFebruary), the paper for the SIEDS proceedings (due in April), an optional SIEDS poster (due inApril), and the final versions of client deliverables. After spring break, the focus is on the finalversions of the thesis, SIEDS, and client deliverables. Faculty involved in the administration ofSIEDS have a similar task pattern: preparatory tasks before spring break and implementationtasks after. Venue plans for the next SIEDS are also initialized in April, given the demandsplaced on facilities by local events such as Foxfields, a hugely popular steeplechasing event, andvarious parties and events celebrating the upcoming graduation exercises. At the end of thespring semester, the Director will conduct a “lessons
planning instructional methods in their discipline.However, undergraduate students in engineering and technology rarely have an opportunity tosolve real world problems that require integration across several disciplinary branches ofengineering and those outside of engineering. This makes it difficult for students to make thetransition from academia to industry especially in an era where the principles of concurrentengineering are employed in new product design and development. Therefore, there is a strongneed to bring challenging, industry involved problems into our classrooms today.The case study approach has long been used in business education but only recently made itsentry into engineering education but with significant momentum. Nationwide
before they departfrom the United States. Other pre-departure concerns are obtaining passports, planning foremergency contacts, planning for medications to take with them, etc. The home faculty canassist students with some of these issues. For the GO GREEN students in Germany, there is afaculty member at the Berufsakademie Mannheim who serves as a backup emergency contact forIUPUI students in Germany when IUPUI faculty have departed. The IUPUI students have anetwork of contacts in Germany for emergencies.The ExperienceStudents that have never traveled overseas usually have more questions and concerns abouttravel and living arrangements. They may need more information about the differences betweenEurope and the United States. This clearly needs
College BASE was justifiable when used as a general indicator ofachievement for two-year and four-year colleges and universities, but he cautioned againstextrapolating the validity to other instruments and/or across other types of institutions.12An example of institutional useIn order to assess its programs for curriculum improvement, the College of Technology at theUniversity of Houston compiles and analyzes student self-reports of concept and skillachievement just prior to graduation. This has been accomplished largely by the Assessment andContinuous Improvement Committee (ACI), which was formed to plan and implement programassessment for diverse program areas within the College. The ACI developed the GraduatingSenior Survey (GSS) instrument in
submissions, receive littlecredit. Homework submissions are required to be neatly written, properly referenced, andgenerally of professional quality.Engineering Graphics with Engineering DiscoveryEarly in the planning stages of the Engineering Discovery course, it was recognized thatengineering graphics could be an essential element in the course. As students examined parts andsub-assemblies of the toaster, they could also be creating solid models of the toaster parts andassemblies.Presently, students are required to take a one credit course in engineering graphics during theirfreshman year. Students who took Engineering Discovery took a special section of engineeringgraphics where the emphasis was two-fold. First, students modeled the toaster and
theaddition of streaming videos for asynchronous instructions. Qualitative feedbackindicates a positive response from students. Rigorous assessment is planned forevaluating the efficacy of these technologies.IntroductionBoyer1 in his report talks about reinventing undergraduate education by taking severalsteps which include the use of information technology creatively for enhancingundergraduate education. Hake2 has shown that interactive engagement increases theconceptual understanding and problem solving ability of students in a mechanics course.Cooperative learning3, 4, and peer instruction5 have shown to be beneficial in classroomsand in the enhancement of student learning. According to Patricia Cross (a leadingeducator), “We have more information
voltageregulation, motor drivers, and protection circuitry.The paper describes the boards and how they support the course. Anecdotes and details areincluded for those planning similar implementations.The Course ContentEGR 345 - Dynamic System Modeling and Control is required for all Mechanical and ProductDesign and Manufacturing students in their junior year. Prior to this course, students have takencourses such as Differential Equations, Statics, Circuits, C Programming, Writing, CAD/CAM,and Introduction to Digital Systems. The goal for the course is to prepare students to use modernmethods to model and design electrical and mechanical control systems. Mechanical and electri-cal systems are modeled with differential equations and analyzed using techniques
AC 2007-237: BIG PICTURE, RATIONAL, ENGINEERING DESIGNMETHODOLOGYAndrew Foley, U.S. Coast Guard Academy Dr Andrew C Foley P.E Associate Professor, U.S Coast Guard Academy, New London CT Page 12.308.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Big Picture, Rational, Engineering Design Methodology. Dr Andrew C Foley P.E. U.S Coast Guard Academy, New London, CTSummary Frequently in the teaching of design, instructors launch into an idealized sequence ofidentifying clients, their needs, setting objectives, planning, generating ideas
presentations focused on application ofconcepts to industry. Distance education technology includes WEBCT-Vista and video chatsessions using web-cams provided to the students.The curriculum consists of 30 credit hours of coursework which follows a fixed plan of study. Inaddition, there are three one-credit hour modules which covers a directed (applied) project.Students are encouraged to select an area for improvement in their career area. The target size ofa cohort is 25 students.In 2005, a program was initiated in cooperation with Rolls-Royce Corporation that was modeledafter the Weekend Program. It also follows a fixed plan of study modified to meet the needs ofRolls-Royce and is delivered at the UAW/Rolls-Royce Training Center by Purdue
Architecture and Planning) in Jogja. These providedthe opportunity to observe the behaviors of non-governmental organizations (NGO’s), scholarsand students of disaster reconstruction that congregated at the University’s information exchangecenters. This provided direct participation in sensitivity training workshops that required teamsto attempt to build efficient structures using cylindrical materials (straws) (see Figures 5 and 6).This was an activity that was timed, competitive and highly motivating as a result. This alsohelped in understanding the unique problems and advantages that building with bamboo (a localand readily available material) created. It also provided the students with an opportunity to laterdiscuss their approach to a competitive
. Through the 1980’s, New Jersey Institute of Technology, known earlier asNewark College of Engineering, was best known as a primary source of practicing professionalengineers. Through visionary leadership, reasoned planning and goals setting, an engineeringapproach to tactics, quality measures, and strategic resource allocation, NJIT became a majorproducer of graduate degrees, with increasing emphasis on research and the doctorate. Amongits priorities were an increase in graduate program participation in both master’s and doctoralprograms by those traditionally underrepresented in engineering by both ethnicity and gender. Astep-by-step approach is described: data gathering and analysis of student achievement, settingof admission and retention
students will embrace the opportunity tostudy abroad if appropriate structures are created and significant barriers are reduced.IntroductionThe Boston University College of Engineering and the Boston University Division ofInternational Programs launched a study abroad program designed specifically for engineeringstudents in spring 2001. The authors reported on the planning and design of this program in aprevious paper1. Twelve students participated that spring in the first program, which was sited atthe Technical University of Dresden, in Dresden, Germany. In spring 2006, a second site wasestablished at the Guadalajara, Mexico campus of Tech de Monterrey, and a third site wasestablished in spring 2007 at Tel Aviv University, Israel. In spring 2007
. David will receive his undergraduate degree in August of 2008 and hopes to design thrill rides and roller coasters in the future.Krysten Dzwigalski, University of Detroit Mercy Krysten Dzwigalski is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy. She is currently in her third year and plans to graduate in August of 2008. She has Page 12.122.1 completed a co-op with Daimler Chrysler at Warren Truck Assembly Plant, and is currently working at TARDEC for the US Department of Defense. Krysten is also the President of the Engineering and Science Student
. Aproject management tool, Basecamp, is used to manage everyday planning and communication.A knowledge management tool, WSU Wiki, is used for long-term knowledge sharing beyond thecourse of a single semester.2. BackgroundThe Design Clinic, as it is called by participants, is a project-based, ABET-certified program.Students work on industry-sponsored projects for one semester. They are responsible for everyaspect of project management, from specification writing to product delivery. In the fallsemester of 2005, two new technologies were made available to students, one for projectmanagement (PM) and the other for long-term knowledge sharing, or knowledge management(KM). From the beginning, students participated in a research project that analyzes
importance ofeffectively planning for the diffusion of IT into a course versus a hasty deployment that producesnumerous IT barriers that stifles the learning process. The proposed framework will highlightthe relevance of course design, lesson development, and assessment as it directly relates toincreasing students’ confidence level so that IT is not a deterrence to the learning environmentthereby enhancing learning and improving academic performanceRelated WorkIT applications have become one of the most prominent tools for enhancing classroominstruction. Chickering and Ehrmann encouraged the use of IT ranging from bettercommunication between faculty and students to active learning techniques to engage students inthe classroom. They noted that some
contacts for guestlecturers. Individuals who are certified as Assistive Technology Providers (ATP) can be foundon the RESNA web site by city and state.Based on the success of this course, we plan to offer it again in 2007-2008 with the enrollmentcap increased to 30. There will not be any significant changes made to the curriculum. However,a well-suited design project will need to be identified prior to the course start date. We will workwith local disability services groups to identify potential candidate projects. We also plan to offera full three credit hour rehabilitation engineering Junior/Senior elective course in the 2008-2009school year, which will give students exposure to more advanced topics in the field.This work was partially supported
internship.Along with its sister subsets the Engineering Management concentration is designed toreinforce the ideal of the symbiotic relationship between science and industry.Engineering Management, as an integration of two colleges and several departmentsteaches students the interpersonal, leadership, management, and engineering skills neededfor success in manufacturing, industry, and business. The program requires students totake courses focusing on project management, safety planning, research methods, andtechnology trends. Additionally through the coursework offered by the EngineeringManagement degree the students gain credit towards their Project Management Institute(PMI) and also have the ability to gain full certification in both Lean and Six-Sigma
was formed from the following sets of questions: Page 23.521.4 Goal setting: Questions 1, 6, 7, 9, 14 Applying appropriate knowledge and skills: Questions 5, 10, 12 Engaging in self-direction and self-reflection: Questions 8, 13 Locating information: Question 11 Adapting learning strategies to different conditions: Questions 2, 3, 4Circle your answers to these questions using these guidelines for 1 to 5. 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Neutral 4-Disagree 5-Strongly Disagree1. I prefer to have others plan my learning 1 2
handwriting, helpful explanations, and the many illustrative examples that he doesin class. The other two instructors for the remaining sections were a Teaching Professor and anadjunct. These sections contained about 60 students each as well.The three main tasks in this project completed were: 1. The initial planning stage was done over the summer, 2011 by the PIs. At this time we refined the plan for delivering the hybrid course, and developed the methods for taking and posting the videos. We used Blackboard for hosting the videos, as this allowed us to restrict access to the videos to the students enrolled in the “hybrid” section only. 2. The effort during the fall semester was to tape the lectures and post them online. We
for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining Reflections of Current Engineering Students on Educational OutreachThis study was conducted to explore the experiences of engineering students that helped themlearn about engineering. The hope is that understanding which experiences made the most impactmay improve the planning of student outreach activities. 974 students in the first-year of theirengineering program were asked to describe the experiences and interactions that had the mostinfluence on them when contemplating an engineering career. Results indicate that knowledgeabout what engineering is and outreach experience, and therefore the reasons that students gointo engineering, vary greatly. Future directions
received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engi- neering from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY. After obtaining his B.S., he spent three years working in the Plastics Division of Eastman Chemical Products, Inc. He entered his current position in July 2000. Page 23.566.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Experience with Mentoring and Directing Graduate Student Research at a Distance in a Mechanical Engineering ProgramAbstractThe advising of graduate student research projects from a distance requires both planning andflexibility from both the
Stavanger—is afaculty-initiated partnership during an international conference. Initial exchange began with avisiting scholar from Norway, followed by significant funding from the Norwegian government tosupport the partnership.The formal collaboration began with a two day intensive “kick-off workshop” at the University ofStavanger, where all faculty participants met face-to-face to discuss the short and long-termgoals of the partnership. This highly successful meeting enabled the faculty partners to buildworking relationships, create an action plan, and establish goals and timelines. Over the courseof the workshop, several challenges were identified, including mismatches in academic calendars,differences in the structure of graduate advising and
, senior students only, who were able to draw on previous knowledgeand experience to support them while learning the new material. The focus of the class on Page 23.569.6applications was also appropriate for the hybrid format, allowing the instructor to devotethe face-to-faceclass time to experimental work rather than lecture. For future offeringsthe instructor plans to provide students with additional materials posted to Blackboard,and administer the quizzes and final exam through Blackboard rather than utilizing timeduring the face-to-facesessions. The only challenge for wider adoption of the blendedformat in the Mechanical Engineering program at Baker
their plan to become engage in international accreditation. In 2011 the Center’sboard of directors agreed that IRTE’s operations should be folded into NCATE as of July2012, with each active IRTE member given a plan for leveraging its current status with IRTEinto eventual candidacy for accreditation with NCATE, TEAC or CAEP.4. Issues in foreign evaluationsWhile the authors of this paper are strong supporters of the international agendas of USaccreditors of professional programs, these activities also raise operational challenges andsuggest ethical dilemmas.Agency capacityAccreditation bodies in the US are non-profit and non-governmental, and as such rely heavilyupon volunteers as evaluators and reviewers. It often takes years for a given
engineering; Design, above all else, is what makes engineering different from science. (Innovation)7. Design begins with the figuring out what is needed and ends with a product or system in the hands of a user. (N/A)8. Design is mainly putting ideas together rather than breaking down big ideas into small pieces, which is central to engineering science. (N/A)9. … design is a form of communication that tries to plan and shape human experience. Designers take ideas and information from the arts and sciences to conceive, plan, and build things that are useful to people. (Innovation)10. Design is as much a matter of finding problems as it is of solving them. (Innovation)11. In design it is often
villagers preserve forest by using peanut shell as cooking fuel,assess their need of fresh water, and evaluate the road conditions.Through this trip, the teams achieved the planned goal to help the people in need by usingtheir engineering background. Meanwhile, they also learned a lot: 1. Engineering truly can affect people’s lives even in a remote region. 2. The best technology is not necessary the state-of-art technology, but the one suitable for the settings and meet the needs. 3. The engineering solution is subject to the working constraints, especially the local infrastructure. 4. Available budget is often the top priority to make or break a project, especially an engineering project. 5. To make a project
withspecial skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics," and that "the STEM gap willincrease significantly in the future." Many universities across the US strive to produce sufficientengineering graduates. Therefore, recruitment and retention of students to STEM fields,particularly engineering, is a major priority. A second, more specific goal is to improverecruitment and retention of underrepresented groups including women and ethnic minorities inengineering. Women and ethnic minorities are significantly underrepresented in engineering.Successful implementation of the plans to enhance the commitment of students to the field of Page
of reflective questions for the course project focused on the learning done inteams and the team process: Lab 5 Reflection 1: How has your group worked together toward developing a complete understanding of your subsystem? How did individual team members contribute to this understanding? Lab 5 Reflection 2: Did your group have any “false starts” or begin down a path only to have to turn back when conducting research for your program? Describe in detail what happened. For example, what specific decision led you to the “false start”? If not, why do you think your team was able to progress so smoothly? Give a specific example. Lab 5 Reflection 3: In the process of learning about your subsystem and planning your program, what problems did your