Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Laman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

situations later in their careers. The course could be considered fastpaced with weekly, comprehensive, open-ended design problems.  The course meets three times per week for 50 minutes over a 15-week fall semester for a total of 44 meetings.  The course is a senior level elective that is a prerequisite for the structures focus capstone design course.  The Fall 2013 class consisted of 8 women, 55 men, and 7 international students.  Total enrollment of 63 students represents the largest since the course was taught due to a new prerequisite requirement to reach the structures focus capstone course. Page

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Scott Kirkpatrick, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

. Schindel is president of ICTT System Sciences, a systems engineering company, and devel- oper of the Systematica Methodology for model and pattern-based systems engineering. His 40-year engineering career began in mil/aero systems with IBM Federal Systems, Owego, NY, included ser- vice as a faculty member of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and founding of three commercial systems-based enterprises. He has consulted on improvement of engineering processes within automotive, medical/health care, manufacturing, telecommunications, aerospace, and consumer products businesses. Schindel earned the BS and MS in Mathematics

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerardo J. Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Jaime Rene Huerta

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

aimed atstudents creating avatars by dressing up a miniature avatar with the uniform/dress of the careerthat they hope to obtain once they graduate from high school and from college. Parents wereasked to also create an avatar of their choice with the career that they are currently in and/or thecareer that they would have liked to have chosen. Parents and students then introduced theiravatars to the group, and many meaningful conversations took place among students and parents. The day ended with three simultaneous sessions that focused on astronomy in the evening.They were able to watch an astronomy show at the Planetarium, participate in a space triviagame and were able to have an interactive Skype chat with an Astronomer from the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Bob Melton, Putnam City Schools; Elizabeth Ann Allan, University of Central Oklahoma; Grant M. Armstrong, University of Central Oklahoma ; James E. Stewart, University of Central Oklahoma; Morshed Khandaker, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #10585Leading by Example for Engineering Design (LEED) to Meet Next Genera-tion Science Standards in Middle and High School Science and Math ClassesDr. Evan C. Lemley, University of Central OklahomaMr. Bob Melton, Putnam City Schools Bob Melton is the Assessment Coordinator/ STEM Facilitator for Putnam City Schools. Mr. Melton began his career in 1974 at Putnam City West High School, taught at Edmond Memorial High School, and was the Science Curriculum Coordinator for Putnam City Schools from 1993 to 2013. From1999 through 2003 he served as project director of a USDOE program to research the effective- ness of

Conference Session

DEED Melange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

review of corporate social responsibility,in which employees volunteer for and companies support community service, Fombrun,Gardberg, and Barnett claim that employees gain a “broader repertoire of cultural, relational, andself-leadership competencies.”11Furthermore, these collaborations can be beneficial to the learners in many ways: the publicgains positive attitudes towards science and engineering,1 view the technical fields as moreapproachable and relevant,10 are more aware of previously unknown careers, and retain scienceconcepts.2 However, despite the strong support for such scientist-educator collaborations,6-9,12-14these collaborations can often be difficult for science centers because of the scarce resourcesrequired to keep these non

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activity preparation withthe HI-GEAR camp that tap into the faculty that have written in support via an outreachcomponent in CAREER or other broader impact NSF grants. 6. Assessment and Impact A significant amount of effort has gone into evaluating the content and impact of our summercamp. As our main goal was to positively influence high school students’ awareness ofengineering; our primary survey was geared towards looking for changes in their perceptions.Attendees were sent a pre-survey and asked to return it to us prior to the first day of camp. Thesurvey measured their “opinion” of engineering as a profession and asked them to let us knowwhat they hoped to get out of attending the camp. This was followed up by an exit survey at theend of

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Michael Brennan

Tagged Divisions

Materials

both the student (and instructor) would have liked to have more time to complete theproject, that is, get that ‘second try or test’ in to answer questions or concerns learned in the firstround of ‘evaluation and testing’. However, with a 15-week project and graduation imminent,choices were made to get the ‘best’ results with the scope of this design project and 3-creditcapstone course. So reflecting on the three parts of this project, i.e., the materials selection,fabrication and testing, the student experience incorporated previous engineering knowledgefrom courses, practical hands-on experience, and moved into the realm of independent life-longlearning needed throughout an engineering career. The advisor also hopes this example can beused to

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Amir Abtahi, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

. In theother hand, Florida has committed to reducing greenhouse gases emissions, increasingenergy efficiency and removing market barriers to renewable energy technologies. Infact, Florida is positioned to become a national leader in solar energy use after State of Page 25.3.3 2California. The 2009 Alternate Energy (AE) Workforce Profile published by GreenforceFlorida6 drew several conclusions:  Alternative Energy (AE) educational programs are limited in Florida;  Florida should fast track the creation of AE career pathways;  Institutions should work together in concert with existing

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

tofaculty in other electrical and computer engineering technology programs. The educationalmaterials are shared directly with participating faculty who attend the workshops and madeavailable electronically through a project web site. This Professional Development activityprovides both two-year and four-year electrical engineering technology faculty with thepedagogical and subject matter knowledge, digital teaching tools, and teaching strategies thatwill attract and effectively prepare students for STEM careers in reconfigurable electronics andother advanced electronics fields. For the United States to remain competitive in electronicstechnology, universities and community colleges need to continually update programs andfacility resources, and

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hisham Hegab P.E., Louisiana Tech University; James D Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

state students to Louisiana Tech University. One third of the currentenrollment of nanosystems engineering majors is out of state students as compared to theuniversity average of only 14% of students being out-of-state residents. Additionally, theuniqueness of the degree has helped to elevate the university to be recognized for itsmicro/nanotechnology education and research. In the past five years, our college has had threeNSF Career award winners (all but one for the entire college), which have used this uniquedegree program as part of their required educational component of their grants. In addition, theNSE faculty have also received two NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education awards thathave assisted with course and laboratory

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Palmyra Catravas, Union College; Michael E Hagerman, Union College; Brian D. Cohen, Department of Biological Sciences, Union College; Samuel Amanuel, Union College; Rebecca Cortez, Union College; Kevin Bubriski, Green Mountain College; Amin Meyghani; Seyfollah Maleki, Union College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

(SEM) and atomic forcemicroscopy (AFM) and their related modes and diagnostic methods. These microscopystudio labs serve as key bridges to encourage faculty-student interactions, cultivatestudent interest in careers in nanotechnology, and promote and recruit for our programwhich links five academic departments (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, MechanicalEngineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering). Key topics that were covered in the course included: static versus dynamic self- Page 23.258.3assembly, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, biomimetics,engineered systems and directed self-assembly, and AFM and SEM studies

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wanda Eugene, University of North Carolina - Charlotte; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Clemson University; Tiffany Barnes, NC State University; Richard Burns, West Chester University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

and Conference on Human Computer Interaction.Tiffany Barnes, NC State University Dr. Tiffany Barnes is an associate professor of Computer Science at N.C. State University and received her Ph.D. from N.C. State in 2003. Dr. Barnes received an NSF CAREER Award for her novel work in using data to add intelligence to STEM learning environments. Dr. Barnes is co-PI on the $9 million NSF STARS Alliance grants that engage college students in outreach, research, and service. She has received ˜$2 million in funds as PI from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and industry sources to research effective ways to build serious games for education, exercise, and environmental awareness; promote undergraduate research; and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

:  Expose students to the engineering career field by showing them what an engineer does, the skills required, and the exciting projects engineers work on.  Emphasize hands-on, learn by doing exercises.  Provide students engineering design, prototyping and testing skills.  Demonstrate how wireless networking is routinely used in engineering design projects.  Provide hands-on laboratory exercises using commonly available, low cost sensors and Zigbee-capable boards with the appropriate RF module firmware module and encourage students to independently continue their studies beyond the course.For initial testing of Zigbees, an X-CTU, a Windows-based application provided by Digi,was used. This

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hubert Wilck IV, East Carolina University; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

partners. Dr. Wilck has held a faculty position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an assistant professor of Engineering at East Carolina University.Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University Dr. Paul J. Kauffmann is a professor and former chair in the Department of Engineering at East Carolina University. His industry career included positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauff- mann received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and North Carolina

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Biswanath Samanta, Georgia Southern University; Jonathan Gregory Turner, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

forcontroller implementation are reported. The students were asked to give their response to eachstatement in the scale of 1-5: 1: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: neutral, 4: agree, and 5:strongly agree. All 10 students in the course responded to the survey. For the lab experimenteffectiveness, the average response was 4.8 out of 5, and positive response (agree or stronglyagree) percentage was 100%. For the FPGA based controller implementation, the average scorewas 4.1 and the positive response percentage was 80%. The students liked the lab experiments inthe course but a few students (2 out 10) had some difficulty in appreciating the FPGA basedimplementation, possibly because of their academic background unrelated to Mechatronics andtheir career

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Middle East and Technology Exploration in Africa and Developing Countries

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Ali, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

, seminars and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, and public works. Page 23.37.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Cost Effective Methodology for Pedestrian Road Crossing for Developing CountriesAbstract:The objective of this paper is to present a low-cost methodology for the selection of properpedestrian crossing facility by anticipating pedestrian delays at

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer/Communications ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chandra Sekhar; Jai Agrawal; Omer Farook

WDM interface, SONET andGigabit Ethernet and analog electronic systems. He is the author of a Textbook in Power Electronics, published byPrentice-Hall. His professional career is equally divided in academia and industry. He has authored several researchpapers in IEEE journals and conferences.OMER FAROOK is a member of the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department atPurdue University Calumet. Professor Farook received the Diploma of Licentiate in Mechanical Engineering andBSME in 1970and 1972 respectively. He further received BSEE and MSEE in 1978 and 1983 respectively fromIllinois Institute of Technology. Professor Farook’s current interests are in the areas of Embedded System Design,Hardware – Software

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

McDaniel William; Ferguson Chip; Aaron Ball; Phillip Sanger; Wesley Stone

. Adams, Stephanie G., “Building Successful Student Teams in the Engineering Classroom”, Journal of STEM Education, 4/3&4, July-December 2003.Biographical InformationPHILLIP A. SANGERPhillip Sanger is an Associate Professor of Engineering and Technology and serves as the Director of the Center forIntegrated Technologies at Western Carolina University. He holds a B.A. in Physics from Saint Louis Universityand earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison. Technologydevelopment including MRI magnets and SiC power devices plus economic development has been his career foci.AARON K. BALLAaron K. Ball is an Associate Professor and serves as the Graduate Program Director in Engineering andTechnology at

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Boehm; Brackley Frayer; Joe Aldridge

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationneed for this course leads an active professional career with many on-the-job time demands.Additionally, the instructor should be able to demonstrate to the students actual systems of thetype being discussed. In general we do not have cutting-edge versions of this equipment at theUniversity, so we depend greatly upon the ability to visit commercial venues where these aremore likely to be available. In this regard, our location in Las Vegas is extremely valuable. C) AnimatronicsAnimatronics is a term that was made famous through Walt Disney’s Imagineering efforts.Included in this is the development of machines able to perform lifelike actions. A combinationof mechanisms, dynamic

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Venubabu Vulasa; David Grieve; Chetan Sankar; Bob Bulfin; Paul Swamidass

Engineering Education” The mission of this project fits well with the mission statements of the Faculty ofEngineering, Plymouth University; whose objective is to produce high quality graduates wellprepared for careers in engineering through high quality student experience. The experience thatthe student gained through this project is unique and unparalleled for working in the increasinglyglobal economy, where product development teams are scattered all over the globe. Being a well-received program, all applicants to this design course at UP in fall 2004 arebeing told about the overseas design team experience. It is viewed by students as a very positivefeature because of its potential value to recruiters.What could we do differently to

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris; Judy Birchman; Mary Sadowski

to help them make educated decisions about their career choices. A search onthe web will turn up numerous sites and on-line tests. Traditionally, instructors have encouragedto present information in several different modes to engage students with a variety of learningstyles.This paper presents the results of a pilot study that examined the learning styles of graphiceducators and graphics students using the Style Delineator by Anthony Gregorc (2000). TheStyle Delineator is a self-assessment instrument for adults and can be used as a tool forunderstanding learning as well as teaching styles. For the purpose of this pilot study, the studentparticipants were limited to undergraduates majoring in computer graphics technology. Thefaculty

Conference Session

New! Improved! CE Accreditation Criteria

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Russell

of the outcomes of the recentlyexpanded Body of Knowledge can be covered within the undergraduate curriculum, withthe exception of Outcome 12, additional technical depth. The additional technical depthcomponent would, by its very nature, be very flexible in its application to allow for awide range of career paths. Under this situation, the post-BS engineering educationwould consist of upper level undergraduate or graduate level coursework in professionalpractice and/or technical topic areas.The preceding recommendations of the BOK and the Curricula Committee, combinedwith the activities of the Accreditation and Licensure Committees, are enabling ASCE tomove forward in implementing ASCE Policy Statement 465.Why Civil Engineering Education

Conference Session

Capstone/Design Projects: Electrical ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

Support Program at WCU was initiated as a small program to help K-12 teachersuse a collaborative approach to identify their problems and search for solutions. The programwas designed to provide different types of assistance to special education teachers. Specialeducation teachers often deal with the most challenging demands within the teaching profession,and are thus continually at great risk for stress, burnout, and early departure from the field. TheTeacher Support Program is intended to help professionals working with special needs childrento solve difficult problems, reduce stress, become more effective, and maintain career longevity6.Some of the problems faced by the teachershave technical solutions, and manycommercial devices exist. Most

Conference Session

Engineers & Mathematicians Communicating

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elton Graves

, useful, and would be a tool that they would use when theyleave college. Only a few students felt that mathematics would not be a tool they woulduse regularly during their careers. Some of these beliefs may have come from studentswho were going into the military after graduation, or were going to graduate school infields other than engineering.Conclusions from InterviewsThe interviews supported what the survey told us. While students may enter Rose-Hulman with an attitude that mathematics is just a subject that needs to be taken, theseniors told us that their mathematics education was very important. We werecontinually told that the concepts learned in the calculus, differential equations, andstatistics courses were regularly used by the students

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

, and meeting the dates established for the proposed design. Page 10.510.10 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”The feedback from the alumni has been very positive. They enjoyed the opportunity to work on“real life” projects, visit an actual site and address issues such as permitting, codes and standards.These are all aspects of design they will need to consider when they begin their careers as CivilEngineers.The sponsors continued support of the program has been enormous. Each industry

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Stewart Prince; Robert Ryan

enlightenment.ConclusionsThis paper presents the results of an assignment given to a senior level fluid dynamics class. Thisassignment is one of several engineering case studies being developed to incorporate finiteelement analysis software into traditional engineering courses. The desired theme of each casestudy is to perform a finite element analysis on a typical engineering problem and compare theresults to traditional solution methods. The key purpose is to develop student awareness of thepower and limitations of FEA software so that it becomes an effective design tool for them asthey begin their careers in industry.Results for this particular assignment were considered successful, since it was the first attempt atincorporating FloWorks into the fluid dynamics

Conference Session

Computer Based Measurements

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrance Lovell; Dale Litwhiler

., “Improving Ultrasonic Transit Time Calculations,” Sensors, Vol. 21, No. 7, 2004, 20-26. Page 10.121.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBiographiesDALE H. LITWHILERDale H. Litwhiler is an Assistant Professor at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College in Reading, PA. He receivedhis B.S. from Penn State University (1984), his M.S. from Syracuse University (1989) and his Ph.D. from LehighUniversity (2000) all in electrical engineering. Prior to beginning his academic career in 2002, he

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam El-Mansouri; Kevin Buck; Herbert Hess

, ASICs, microelectronicspower conversion techniques, and Extreme Environments.TIMOTHY EWERSTimothy Ewers is a scientist turned science educator. Formally trained as a toxicologist and then risk analyst he gotinterested in the science education while working with the general public on risk management issues. His interestsinclude research into developing more authentic science experiences and science thinking in K-12 schooling and inpromoting interest in math and science careers. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho where he is anAssistant Professor in the College of Education. Page 10.1243.8 Proceedings of the

Conference Session

Improving Statics Instruction

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Kadlowec; Dexter Whittinghill; John Chen

Technology for Rapid Feedback and Student Engagement,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, 2005.6. Steif, P.S., "Initial Data from a Statics Concept Inventory", Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, June 20-23, 2004.Biographic InformationJOHN CHEN is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He has been a faculty member since 1994,when he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North CarolinaA&T State University. He joined Rowan University in his current position in 1998.JENNIFER KADLOWEC is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Rowan University. She began asan Assistant

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joe Stanley; Daryl Beetner; Donald Wunsch; Rohit Dua

President, an IEEE Fellow, NSF CAREER Awardee,has over 200 publications, attracted over $5 million funding, and produced 8 Ph.D.'s. Page 10.682.9 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society of Engineering Education”