Conference Session

ETD - A Technology Potpourri III

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Trueba, Texas State University; Anthony Torres, Texas State University

Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Incorporating a Milestone-Based Project Based Learning Method in a Foundry Course AbstractThe objective of this study was to investigate the impact of a milestone-based project-basedlearning (PBL) methodology incorporated in a metal casting (foundry) course. The course, whichcontains a hands-on laboratory portion, was designed as a full semester learning experience forstudents, which integrates a PBL pedagogy to facilitate learning. The students worked in teamsthroughout the semester, constantly contributing to the completion of their projects. Theintervention of this teaching

Conference Session

Technical Session M3A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; Katharine Hopkins Polasek, Hope College

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Workshops

hands-on skills development; be completedduring a typical laboratory period; not require specialized equipment; be carried out in a range of physicalspaces; and illustrate general engineering principles beyond the details of the project. We have developedand tested several projects that meet these requirements including a solar-powered phone charger, anelectrodynamic loudspeaker, and a suite of microcontroller-based activities with a biomedical project.The series of projects include scaffolding to support novices, while also containing relevant open-endeddesign elements to challenge the creativity of the more experienced. Students show increases inconfidence and interest along with decreases in anxiety concerning engineering. Females attained

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arash Jamshidi, University of California, Berkeley; Elisa Stone, University of California, Berkeley

(teachengineering.org) curricular units showcasing data science. As an example of thesecurricular units, and as further evidence of the project’s broader impact, one IST has developedan ongoing partnership between their classroom and a research laboratory on campus allowinghigh school physics students to learn data science techniques by analyzing and interpretingdistant satellite signals collected by radio telescopes. Preliminary evaluation of this ongoingproject revealed that participants viewed data science as important and essential in K-12curriculum, that data analysis is a critical and useful skill for youth, and that data science alignsclosely with the science and engineering practices called forth by NGSS. Though constrained bywork-from-home

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Demos and Interactives

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendan Smith, Loyola Marymount University

enjoyment, understanding, andfrustration suggests that this approach achieved an appropriate difficulty level that bothchallenged students and empowered their learning.Given the already intensive workload of a lecture-based control systems course with outside-of-class laboratory and project work, I have stopped recommending that students purchase atextbook for this course. Instead of relying on a textbook to provide a secondary perspective onthe material, the written instructions for the labs guide students through an experiential learningenvironment where they can practice applying methods from the course lectures. Survey resultsindicate that few students would have preferred to have a course textbook, while the vastmajority were glad that there

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

S. Ozcelik; M. A. Faruqi; M. A. Abudiab

analyses. An ELA for ethicseducation is presented. This approach should lead to more effective teaching of ethics inour programs. IntroductionMost programs for teaching ethics are based on behavioral approaches1,2. Students arenormally presented with a case study and a code of ethics, and are told that specificactions violate specific sections of a code. Very frequently, the results of the case studyare included, so the students are not given the freedom to participate in the decisionprocess. A prepared case study leads to the laboratory procedure, and the conclusionsstated as part of the case study corresponds to the results that the students must get ontheir laboratory computation sheets. Such case studies

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2005 GSW

Authors

H. Randolph Holt

“hands-on” academic programs, like those in engineering technology, require laboratory courses or components within courses to acquaint students with actual hardware components, instrumentation, and software. Breadboards are used to serve as a way of connecting devices in electrical and electronic programs. Breadboards like the one shown in Figure 1 are often used to make connections easier. Spring-loaded entry

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2005 GSW

Authors

Clay Naito

Session F2D4 Freshman Level Design – Bridge Building Project Clay Naito Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lehigh University AbstractTo provide a stimulating introduction on the concepts of Structural Engineering to freshmenstudents, a hands-on laboratory based course on bridge design and construction was developed.The course provides an overview of strength of materials, structural analysis, computer aideddesign, and construction over a six week period. Material testing laboratory

Conference Session

Technical Session M5B

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Roger J Marino P.E., Drexel University; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Johanna P Casale, Drexel University

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Full Papers

digital format and submitted to the LMS for grading, includingquizzes and homework assignments. Similar work has been carried out by Norwich University(NU, a small private military/civilian university with 125 FYE students covering 5 majors)through the integration of the iPad into the engineering curriculum [7]. While initially used todigitally ink notes (professors and students) and as a course and laboratory notebook (students),the iPad has since been used to deliver/take/grade exams. Multiple students have attributedimproved organizational skills and efficiency of studying to their digital tablet use.In addition to uploading written assignments, Virginia Military Institute (VMI, a small privatemilitary institute with 30 FY ECE students) has

Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Keulen, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Christoph Sielmann, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Dean Richert

experience in accordancewith their interests. This option will be discussed in a subsequent section.The program started in 2019 with funding to develop new laboratories with modernmanufacturing equipment. Undergraduate teaching labs on either campus are designed tocomplement each other, offering students a variety of equipment and experiences whileminimizing equipment redundancy at both campuses. The lab facilities have been developed toreflect the manufacturing engineering specialization of each campus with faculty expertisesimilarly chosen to reflect the needs of each location.The facilities developed in Vancouver are primarily contained in one laboratory space, the‘Maker Space’. The laboratory was setup to house the equipment required to perform

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Wierer, Milwaukee School of Engineering

inthe Grading section.Changes from previous teaching methodologyBefore the introduction of SBG, the course was taught using a traditional “chalk-and-talk”lecture style. The course was traditionally graded based on a weighted average of homeworkscores, laboratory scores, midterm exam scores, and the final exam score. Students would haveonly been aware of their performance on a course concept by identifying the concept(s) involvedwith a homework or exam problem and comparing their score to the standard institutionalgrading scale.After the introduction of SBG in Spring 2020, the lecture style was intentionally not changed,except for adaptations due to the COVID pandemic. The course grading was changed to aweighted combination of objective

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3: Technology

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kurr; David Icove, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

for Underwriters Laboratories UL-746: the database for polymeric materials. In her free time, Ms. Kurr facilitates professional development workshops for Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, and the CyberAmbassador program.David Icove The University of Tennessee (UT) Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Professor of Practice, Dr. David Icove is an internationally recognized forensic fire engineering expert with over 40 years of experience. He is the co-author of the leading expert treaties in forensic fire investigation, including Kirk’s Fire Investigation, Forensic Fire Scene Reconstruction, and Combating Arson-for-Profit. Dr. Icove presently coordinates the Graduate Program in Fire Protection Engineering at UT

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Jorge E. Navarro; Apolinar Zapata

calculus real life problem, there are not specificdirections like: find the area of the region bounded by the function f(x), the x-axis, theline x = a, and the line x = b. Real life calculus problems are introduced by a command:design the cheapest container which satisfies these specifications of volume and shape; orby a necessity: I have to find the center of mass of this machine part.In real life and in engineering and science courses, students need to know and be able touse calculus facts and procedures as quickly as possible. However, research1 makes itclear that how mathematics is taught is as important, or even more important than themathematical concepts being taught. Teaching mathematics through laboratory activitiesis an important way for

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Demos and Interactives

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Ngo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benita Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nicholas Fang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kachina Studer

Lecturer in MIT's Mechanical Engineering department and Scientist of the MITx Digital Learning Laboratory. Dr. Liu's work includes engineering education, mixed reality and haptic experiences, workforce solutions to address the nation-wide manufacturing skills gap, open-ended assessments for scalable education settings, and instructional design theory for massively open online courses. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Opening Up the Black Box: an Augmented Reality Look into the Scanning Electron MicroscopeAbstractThe scanning electron microscope (SEM) can serve as a gateway for introducing

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Best Diversity Paper

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian Kennedy, Clemson University; Cora Allard-Keese, Clemson University; Joshua Alper, Clemson University; Jennie LaMonte, Clemson University; Aubrey Baldwin, Clemson University

surveys from which we identify students who chose to participate in theprogram/courses, their reasons for participating, how the students perceived the value of the program atthe close of the program, and how they perceived that the program helped them prepare for researchparticipation.Overview of the Research Foundations programAs outlined by others (Washburn and Bragg 2022), the stay-at-home orders enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the training of university students through in person researchexperience or internship cancelations, closing of research laboratories, etc. In a limited number of cases,in person research experiences were transitioned to virtual when institutions had already developedmodels for remote workers

Conference Session

Technical Session T1A

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Christopher John Brigham, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Afsaneh Ghanavati, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Full Papers

4 0 4 English 2 4 0 4 Introduction to Engineering 1 4 3 Introduction to ENGR Design 1 4 3 Fundamentals of CA /CAM 0 2 1 Programming with MATLAB 0 2 1Notable features of the existing first-year program are:• Between 6 and 8 hours of laboratory experience per week.• Interdisciplinary Introduction to Engineering Course with a rotating laboratory schedule that provides students with exposure to various engineering disciplines.• Major-specific Introduction to Engineering Design course that is fully transferable between the various engineering majors within the University• Exposure to engineering software packages throughout.Curriculum

Conference Session

Computers in Education 2 - Programming 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junhao Liao, University of Toronto; Haoran Zhang, University of Toronto; Jiaxing Li, University of Toronto; Yizhong Xu, University of Toronto; Hamid Timorabadi, University of Toronto

systems (OS), creatingproblems in providing consistent setup instructions for students who might use different OSplatforms. For web-based remote connection software, a state-of-the-art example is Google’sfree Chrome Remote Desktop [6]. However, it requires software installations on both local andremote machines, which makes it complex to be distributed in cooperative environments such asschool computer laboratories, which usually impose restrictions on software installations.The Engineering faculty at University of Toronto already provides remote access to over 100laboratory machines with Linux installations [7], but students still have to set up the connectionson their own. The machine allocation mechanism is not optimal, such that the user

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University

machinelearning and artificial intelligence. The main goal is to create educational material which isdelivered through classroom instruction and project activities in the laboratory. The material willpromote the retention of the concepts of machine leaning by delivering the content through moreeffective methods of instruction and learning. An additional goal of the project is to provideintroductory materials for students interested in conducting research in the machine learning field.Reinforcement learning in terms of this paper consists of, and is not limited to, the appropriatesetup of input features and output results, configuration of the architecture of the network, theshaping of rewards, the sampling of generations, and the testing of advancements

Conference Session

Miscellaneous Mechanics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin Berg, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Anne Schmitz, University of Wisconsin - Stout

on structured lecture and laboratory activities. The resultssuggest that student perceptions of the polytechnic nature of a class did not significantly differbetween the two pedagogical approaches. Students found each class to be representative of apolytechnic nature because hands-on, physical labs were utilized. It did not matter if the labactivities were open-ended or structured. This aligned with the students’ definition of whatpolytechnic education means: “hands-on”.IntroductionClassroom delivery modality has received much attention in recent years as institutions navigatechanges in higher education funding and student preparation for learning [1]. One approach thathas been employed in the engineering classroom is to flip the class, by

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #8

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Felipe Calderon, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Pablo Schwarzenberg, Universidad Andres Bello

videoconference sessions were held twice a week for ERT students and once amonth for online students.Table 2: Activities in the courses included in the study. Modality Pre-class activi- In-class activi- Post-class activities ties ties Lecture None Concept Re- Laboratory (each week) based views Three Graded Programming Q/A Sessions Assignments Worked Exam- ples Group Pro- gramming As- signments Flipped

Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Lopes; Ivan Renteria Marquez, University of Texas at El Paso; Tzu-liang Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Md Fashiar Rahman, University of Texas at El Paso; Sergio Luna, University of Texas at El Paso

. This effort demonstrates a strategy tocreate a SM curriculum and certificate program that promotes SM concepts in underserved SMMs andupskilling an underrepresented (Hispanic) workforce, by developing industry-relevant training materialsand research laboratory practices. Existing academic, industry, workforce, and economic developmentpartnerships were leveraged to capture and address the diverse learning needs across the entire regionalSM pipeline. The key tasks conducted to fulfill the project goals included the development of a SMcurriculum and SM focused laboratories at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), approval of the SMcertificate program to engage and increase SM knowledge in underserved regional manufacturers, anddevelopment of

Collection

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rohit Dua

the requiredsemester end instructor evaluations. Even though students found the project tough, theyappreciated the valuable experience gained into the design of basic processors. A major issueraised was time management. Students found it difficult to find time to work on projects owingto a lack of required laboratory time. The Cooperative Engineering program that caters primarilyto a commuting community further exacerbated this problem. The Digital Systems Design courseis currently setup as a 3 credit hour lecture course. There is an associated laboratory course,which the CpE majors are required to take. However, it is a recommended course for EE majors.Since the lecture course is project oriented, effort will be made to setup the lecture

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Grace Remillard, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Sarah Kamal, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Justin An, University of the District of Columbia; Charles Thompson PhD, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of NewYork, and a Ph.D. in Acoustics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation he became an Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. In 1987 he joined the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMASS Lowell as its Analog Devices Career Development Professor. Dr. Thompson has served on the executive boards of the Cooperative Research Fellowship program of Bell Laboratories (1991-1999) and the AT&T Labs Fellowship Program (1996-2006). At Bell Laboratories Dr. Thompson created with the Vice President of Research and Nobel laureate, Arno Penizas, the W. Lincoln Hawkins

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

recognition and/or classification.Figure 1 captures the essential subject matter necessary for the course on applied AI to delivermeasurable course outcomes. The activities conducted during this course fall in the categories ofproblem-based, project-based, and self-directed learning. The laboratory and project activities ofthe course emphasize the integration and testing of physical systems by providing the necessaryinsight into the building blocks displayed in Figure 1. Figure 1: Background preparation Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE North Central Section Conference Copyright © 2022, American Society for Engineering Education 2Section 2 overviews the course setup in

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Maartje E. D. Van Den Bogaard, Iowa State University; Lea Marlor, University of Michigan; Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

]. Faculty in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) face issues suchas little preparation related to online pedagogy and technology, lack of knowledge about how toeffectively deliver online course content, the inability to conduct laboratory courses online, fearof student disengagement, and difficulties in adopting active learning techniques to the onlinecontext [2] - [4]. Here, active learning refers to individual or group activities designed to engagestudents in their learning during class (e.g., answering questions and group discussions) [5]; andit has been shown that, when it is implemented effectively in online settings, active learning canincrease student engagement, improve learning outcomes, and create more inclusive

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2004 GSW

Authors

H. R. Myler

Southern Methodist University (SMU), but discovered that the programwas skewed towards digital signal processing. Our new program complements and subsidizes theInfinity curriculum with laboratory exercises using the National Instruments ELVIS system thatintroduce the student to four fundamental areas of Electrical Engineering: logic, RLC networks,amplification and electromagnetics. The purpose of this course is to effect early engagement ofstudents into the field to enhance both recruitment and retention. Results of student satisfactionsurveys as well as faculty and lab assistant experience are reported. IntroductionThe State of Texas commissioned a statewide study for higher education, public colleges

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

sunil Dehipawala, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Harsha Rajapakse, Medgar Evers College, CUNY ; Breeya Evans; Tak Cheung

to the amount of absorbing atoms. By analyzing EXAFS oscillations, we can deriveinformation such as nearest neighbor bond length, type of nearest neighbor atom, and co-ordinationnumber of specific central atom. Using these experiments, even a very minute amount of Arseniccan be investigated. These experiments were conducted at synchrotron facilities, NationalSynchrotron Light Source of Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Cornell High EnergySynchrotron Source (CHESS).During this study, we investigate the amount of arsenic and its chemical nature in two differentplants under variety of soil conditions. Two different plants were used in this study, collard green(Brassica oleracea) and parsley(Petroselinum crispum). Plants were grown in

Conference Session

Virtual Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Mory Ghomshei; Farzan Ghaffari P.Eng P.Eng., British Columbia Institute of Technology; William Oching

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Conference Submission

pandemic on engineeringstudents at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Pre-pandemic students’performance have been compared with performances after return to campus in the fall of 2021.Data clearly show that the level of knowledge of students and or their aptitudes to acquireknowledge has been negatively impacted by the pandemic, as observed by tangible increase inthe rate of failure in core courses.This paper also discusses about the importance of field and human components in engineeringeducation and proposes solutions to reduce the negative impact of online education inengineering disciplines, should it happen again in the future. One suggested strategy, will bedesigning safe laboratory and field experiments to complement the

Conference Session

Computers in Education 10 - Technology 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Fotouhi, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Mahdi Fotouhi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Instrument Educational Trainer Board used to provide more hands-on-experimental skills. It is integrated and featured with 12 of the most commonly- usedinstruments in the laboratory, including an oscilloscope, digital multimeter, function generator,and variable power supply.When the ELVIS II Board is connected to the PC through the USB plug-and-play capabilities,the student can build a prototype circuit on this trainer and use LabView software to have variousmeasurements displayed on the computer.To control the movement of the robot’s arm, an interfaced circuit was designed using the ELVISII Board to manipulate five motors’ motions that are responsible for moving the robot indifferent directions.This paper explains the details of the project as well

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Modulus 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adurangba Oje, University of Georgia; Oluwafemi Sunday; Nathaniel Hunsu, University of Georgia; Dominik May; Robert Baffour, University of Georgia

education. He is currently the principal investigator on two NSF-funded projects. The first project examines factors that influence academic resilience among engineering students, while the other involves the development of a diagnostic tool to identify students’ misconceptions in electrical engineering.Dominik May (Dr.) Dr. May is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute. He researches online and intercultural engineering education. His primary research focus lies on the development, introduction, practical use, and educational value of online laboratories (remote, virtual, and cross-reality) and online experimentation in engineering instruction. In his work, he focuses on developing

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Richard Hoehn; Dr. Saleh M Sbenaty

, American Society for Engineering EducationAt the University of Houston (UH) in the Engineering Technology program, senior project wasoffered within Micro-controller Interfacing course (ELET4308) for several years. This was onesemester course with a laboratory consisting of few experiments and then the group project.Teams were formed and each team was assigned a different project. Recently the name of thecourse has been changed to ‘senior project’ and format has been slightly changed. This campushas a large percentage of commuter students with part time or even full time jobs. This situationled to consider this proposal of evaluating the indigenous resource.At PVAMU senior project is a two-semester course (ELET4082 and ELET4092) and carriestotal 4