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2023 CIEC

Authors

Michael Markovich; Masoud Fathizadeh

running through the system, while theother will ozonate the water running through the system. Living Waters also provides hygieneeducation. This education teaches the importance of having clean water and why keeping goodhygiene is needed. They also provide some demonstrations. To aid in diagnostics and usagetracking, Living Waters desires a way to monitor their water purification system. They want tohave a way to determine if the system is used and functioning properly to produce clean waterthat is acceptable for drinking. For this project, sensors, actuators, controllers with telemetrycapability were added to the water purification system to serve as a way to monitor systemoperation.BackgroundPurposeThe purpose of the project is to provide

Conference Session

S4B: Workshop VII

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14th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Petronella A James, Morgan State University

Tagged Topics

Workshops

Paper ID #40633Workshop: Democratizing and Demystifying Engineering for All - Aworkshop to help you bring e4usa to your campusMr. Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park Kevin Calabro is Keystone Instructor and Director in the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland and the Credit and Placement Lead for Engineering for US All (e4usa).Dr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner serves as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt Univer- sity. She is the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering For Us All (e4usa) project. She is also

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christa James-Byrnes

the students in the class a group project is required in the course. The students are divided into groups of 3 or 4 at each site. Each group is then instructed to create a mousetrap car. The students are required to use the web site for the course to hold discussions regarding the car, build the car, race the car and then give a presentation about their car to the class which includes problems the car may have had. The final portion of the project is to address the problems with their cars, fix the problems and then participate in a second race with the modifications being made. This project gives the students the ability to feel like they are working on a project together and yet

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Teruni Lamberg

Designing Professional Development within the STEM Disciplines Teruni Lamberg, Ph.D. University of Nevada, RenoAbstract Teachers need content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge to teacheffectively in the STEM disciplines. Designing professional development that provides teacherswith both kinds of knowledge is a challenge. In this paper, I present a design research modelused by the Northeastern Nevada Mathematics project. The project teams jointly worked todesign and deliver the professional development. This process involved generating, testing andrevising conjectures. Furthermore, we shared our knowledge, expertise and became a

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hunter Epperson

. Increasing numbers of enlightened schools are offering light, survey,hands on, fun project courses to generate interest in engineering. This is a good thing, anobviously necessary first step in recruiting individuals for engineering education and practice.However, some enthused students that succeed in building a kit or playing with software may“hit the wall” in their sophomore year of university studies when confronted with realengineering mechanics or systems problems, not to mention design projects later on.Courses are needed that give an accurate preview of and background preparation for universitydemands of pursuing an engineering degree. These courses would incorporate a few specificexamples of problems in circuits, statics, dynamics

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2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Douglas R. Carroll

tuition sharply and by increasing enrollment. Sharp raises intuition and increasing enrollment are not going to be options for this recession.Universities will need their faculty to begin thinking about the cost effectivenessof their teaching and research efforts. Proceedings of the 2009 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering EducationUniversity BudgetLike most large institutions, universities have two budgets. The larger budget isthe total budget, which includes restricted funds. Restricted funds flow throughthe institution, but are designated for specific projects. The institution cannot useany portion of the restricted funds for other purposes. At a university, therestricted

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2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Amaka Waturuocha; Laura Ford; Christi Patton Luks

i. Develop original research ideas j. Develop start-up plan including budget and equipment Figure 1: Flowchart to Prepare for an Academic Career in a Research UniversityProceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 4Research: In my particular case, at the start of my degree program, I picked a research area Iwas interested in and stayed with it throughout my graduate program. My research was a JointIndustry Project (JIP) with a 5 year privacy clause on the finish date of my dissertation. Thismeant I would not be able to publish my work in any public journals until 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Bonnie Postlethwaite

• Lots of screen projection and white boards • Technology rich Rote Learning Learning that fosters critical thinking, creativity and development of communication skills •Team projects

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

sophomore year and the other in thesenior year. This experience strengthens their ability to communicate technical materialeffectively. In their senior design course, students are expected to write reports, makepresentations, create a project website, prepare a poster, and satisfy other requirements thatenhance not only their ability to communicate verbally but also electronically using variousmultimedia options. In addition to these two courses, ECE students are required to take twoseminar style [W] courses that require extensive writing on non-technical subjects. Theseseminars often include discussions among students of various backgrounds and countries oforigin. Furthermore, about a quarter of our students participate in a semester-long study

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

AS Ward; MN Gooseff; RY Toto; SE Zappe

emphasize active learning and provide higher-order challenges, butthese laboratories are often subject to the constraints of (a) increasing student enrollment,(b) limited funding for operational, maintenance, and instructional expenses and (c)increasing demands on undergraduate student credit requirements. Here, we presentresults from a pilot project implementing virtual (or online) laboratory experiences as analternative to a traditional laboratory experience in Fluid Mechanics, a required third yearcourse. Students and faculty were surveyed to identify the topics that were most difficult,and virtual laboratory and design components developed to supplement lecture material.Laboratories were assessed by comparing student ratings of topic difficulty

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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

business development, leadership and people skills, new product, service and venturecreation, managing change and innovation proactively, strategic, tactical and project planning andexecution and many other skills. The program integrates the following disciplines as illustrated in Figure2: 4 Figure 2 - Inter-Disciplinary Business, Engineering, Technology & Leadership Competencies Business/ Leadership, Industry People & Knowledge Team Building & Process Skills

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Clemente

Geotechnology and Applied Geotechnical Engineering Intertwined Frank M. Clemente, Jr., PhD, PE Earth Tech Northeast, Inc.IntroductionThis paper will illustrate how technology and applied engineering, with particular reference togeotechnical engineering, are intertwined and dependent on each other in the process ofdesigning and building large construction projects. After describing the civil engineeringprocedure and the inter-relationships between technology and engineering, a few examples ofprojects wherein technology and engineering worked together for design/construction successwill be cited from the author’s experience. The paper is directed to undergraduate and

Conference Session

Inclusive Horizons: Shaping Diverse Pathways in Engineering and Design Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Baldis, University of California, San Diego; Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

spaces before transitioning to higher education.Dr. Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego Dr. Alex Phan is the inaugural Executive Director for Student Success in the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. Prior to his appointment, he has served as a project scientist, engineer, and lecturer, teaching across multiple divisions, including the Jacobs School of Engineering (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Dean’s Office Unit) and UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies. His teaching interests and expertise are in experiential learning, holistic education models, active learning environments, and metacognition. In his current role, he leads the IDEA

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Il Yoon, University of North Georgia; Chandler Levi Davis, University of North Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

and transfer. The critical role of a catalyst in the DBTdehydrogenation process necessitates studying bubble formation on the catalyst's surface. Thisresearch project, conducted by a sophomore undergraduate student under the supervision of anadvisor, aims to develop a procedure to simulate bubble formation on the Pt2Al3 catalyst. Theproject involves designing an experimental setup to visualize bubble formation on the catalyst'ssurface effectively. Additionally, a custom MATLAB code, utilizing image processingtechniques, was developed to measure the total volume of bubbles generated during experiments.Due to the absence of established safety protocols regarding hydrogen use at the author’sinstitution, bubble formation simulations on Pt2Al3

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shanelle M. Harris; LeeRoy Bronner

]. As shownBig Data, Cyber Security, Human, Social, Culture, Behavior in Fig. 1, the process flow is project selection, project(HSCB), Urban Resilience and Sustainability, there is a need for planning, analysis, design, implementation and maintenance.new research methodologies. The purpose of this research is thedevelopment of a methodology to address and analyze large The objective of the SDLC is to ensure a high quality productcomplex systems. The System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is is delivered while reducing inherent risk [2].a standard methodology used to analyze and solve system

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

Integration of Green Engineering Labs into Freshman Engineering Courses Josh Wyrick, Catherine Booth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstractThe emergence of sustainability and green engineering projects is re-shaping the engineeringclassroom. One of the vehicles for these topics at Rowan University is within the EngineeringClinics- project based, required courses. The first freshman clinic focuses on engineeringmeasurements, and is typically the first true engineering course the students experience. Theclinics are designed to be fully integrated and multi-discipline. The labs used

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tariq Qayyum

; else BCD1 <= BCD1 + 1; end else BCD0 <= BCD0 + 1; endendmoduleLaboratory Experiments 1. Introduction to Quartus II6 software 2. Introduction to combinational logic and Verilog 3. Multiplexes and Decoders 4. Introduction to Flip-Flops 5. Counters 6. State Machine Design2 7. Projects Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 88ConclusionsThe FPGA course was successfully taught and provided students with good basic knowledge ofVerilog HDL. The Altea DE-26

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

Integration of Green Engineering Labs into Freshman Engineering Courses Josh Wyrick, Catherine Booth Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan UniversityAbstractThe emergence of sustainability and green engineering projects is re-shaping the engineeringclassroom. One of the vehicles for these topics at Rowan University is within the EngineeringClinics- project based, required courses. The first freshman clinic focuses on engineeringmeasurements, and is typically the first true engineering course the students experience. Theclinics are designed to be fully integrated and multi-discipline. The labs used

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

William Hornfeck; Ismail Jouny; John Nestor

sophomore year and the other in thesenior year. This experience strengthens their ability to communicate technical materialeffectively. In their senior design course, students are expected to write reports, makepresentations, create a project website, prepare a poster, and satisfy other requirements thatenhance not only their ability to communicate verbally but also electronically using variousmultimedia options. In addition to these two courses, ECE students are required to take twoseminar style [W] courses that require extensive writing on non-technical subjects. Theseseminars often include discussions among students of various backgrounds and countries oforigin. Furthermore, about a quarter of our students participate in a semester-long study

Collection

2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

AS Ward; MN Gooseff; RY Toto; SE Zappe

emphasize active learning and provide higher-order challenges, butthese laboratories are often subject to the constraints of (a) increasing student enrollment,(b) limited funding for operational, maintenance, and instructional expenses and (c)increasing demands on undergraduate student credit requirements. Here, we presentresults from a pilot project implementing virtual (or online) laboratory experiences as analternative to a traditional laboratory experience in Fluid Mechanics, a required third yearcourse. Students and faculty were surveyed to identify the topics that were most difficult,and virtual laboratory and design components developed to supplement lecture material.Laboratories were assessed by comparing student ratings of topic difficulty

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

business development, leadership and people skills, new product, service and venturecreation, managing change and innovation proactively, strategic, tactical and project planning andexecution and many other skills. The program integrates the following disciplines as illustrated in Figure2: 4 Figure 2 - Inter-Disciplinary Business, Engineering, Technology & Leadership Competencies Business/ Leadership, Industry People & Knowledge Team Building & Process Skills

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Hui Zhang; Joseph Chen; Kai Zhang

and other wireless sensors for Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is proposed. In thelocalization of mobile robots have drawn many researchers’ system, MCMC is a stochastic optimization method, whichattention. uses Monte Carlo method to get all potential locations of theOne of the earliest and classic RFID localization systems was mobile robot and utilizes an RFID sensor model forbuilt in [10]. In this project, researchers first built a correction. A kinematic model is used to move particles. Theprobabilistic sensor model by detecting frequencies of RFID controller of the localization system consists of three parts.tags in different

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

interactions between the users and the four main entities and two user ends as shown in the figure.environment and for the visualization of spatially these entities are remote lab, well-equipped lab, web-serverreferenced/distributed data [6]. In the following section, we and cloud database. Two users are local faculty and seniordescribe some related projects that have addressed the issue faculty. There are two versions of this application. Thisof context awareness to support science learning. application is different for students and faculty. Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning This section presents the overall systemEnvironment (SMILE) is basically an assessment

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Xiaoyu Guo; Anirban Ganguly

a Kalman filter and 9‐sample 2 (1)Project the state ahead window filter, with an

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Anne L. van de Ven; Mary H. Shann; Srinivas Sridhar

nanomedicine research project that could beconducted from at least two different perspectives within different laboratories (and ifappropriate, via an internship as well). For some students, the proposed research was acontinuation of their primary thesis project; for others, it was an opportunity to develop a newsecondary research direction. Trainees were asked to select at least one scientific co-mentorduring the application process; however, many took the initiative to cultivate additional mentorsover their 2-year training period (Table 1). Sources of formal and informal mentorship wereidentified from trainee progress reports, meetings, interviews, and publications. Table 1. Trainee utilization of mentoring during their Nanomedicine research

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2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Christopher M. Moore; Semih G. Yildirim; Stuart W. Baur

2015 ASEE Zone III Conference (Gulf Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)each steps were clearly defined initially. Therefore, students’ feedback was fairly positive as 8.27out of 10. Similarly scaled model assembly as term project was a task project having clearlydefined hand-outs (design guide) prior the activity. Whereas, students have to think outside thebox in cargo container design activity. In Table 2 number 1 and 3 activities can be named as thetask projects, but number 2 – cargo container design activity - was a discipline project. This canbe the possible reason of having lowest rate of educational significance. In terms of analogy of afootball game, this means that playing field is specified, some

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic; Jeff Piquette; Melvin Druelinger; David Lehmpuhl; Helen Caprioglio; Juyun Cho; Paul Chacon; Michael Mincic

four-year scholarships. This work analyzes the third-year activities of re-building, sustaining, and nurturing the cohort of about 20 scholars consistingof mechatronics, civil engineering technology, computer information systems, physics, biology,chemistry, and mathematics students. When compared with the previous year, results show asignificant improvement in retention. Mentoring needs and activities increased while tutoringneeds ended. Some cohort members started undergraduate research projects with their mentorswhile some others became involved in engineering design projects and competitions. Through anaggressive student placement program and two career fairs, some cohort students were able tosecure internships.IntroductionTo battle high

Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 5: Partnering with Rural K-12 Schools in Southwest Virginia to Broaden Participation in Engineering

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Felicity Bilow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hannah Glisson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malle R Schilling, Arizona State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

opportunities specificallytargeted toward rural K-12 teachers since supporting rural teachers in integrating engineering intheir curriculum could lead to an increase in the number of these teachers teaching engineering,which in turn could lead more students to become interested in engineering as this integrationcould broaden rural students’ perceptions of what engineering is and who can be an engineer.The current project was informed by previous NSF-funded research, referred to as the VTPEERS project, where a partnership with middle school science teachers, industry professionalsfrom three local engineering companies, Fostek Corporation, Celanese Corporation, andUniversal Fibers, and university representatives from Virginia Tech was established to

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Loukas Lazos; Elmer Grubbs

Society for Engineering Education 241on C Programming and another text on UNIX, where the lecture was used to go overprogramming concepts and work example problems for the students. Students were assignedhomework problems, which were all programs. The class had no lab component, but TAs wereassigned to hold extensive office hours in a computer lab to help the students with homework onan as needed basis. The lab was typically underused most of the semester, but became crowdedat times just before the programs were due. There were two semester exams, and a final, team-based project. Most ECE majors seemed to do fairly well in the class, some with minimal

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Ding Yuan; Nebojsa Jaksic; Jude DePalma

engineering courses. At our university, the LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kitswere first introduced to the Introduction to Robotics course in 2006 and since then have played akey role in the first-year Introduction to Engineering course through a robotics mini-lab. Theyalso helped to engage local K-12 students through various outreach programs. In addition, theMindstorms NXT kits were used in some higher level undergraduate engineering courses likeIndustrial Robotics and Senior Design Projects. There, students used LabVIEW to program therobots. Complex tasks, however, were not achievable due to the NXTs‟ memory size limitations.Also, since last year, more frequent hardware failures have occurred in these robotic kits andsome of the programmable bricks