Conference Session

Research Experience in Stormwater Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee S. Navickis-Brasch, Gonzaga University; Noel E. Bormann P.E., Gonzaga University; Sue L. Niezgoda P.E., Gonzaga University; Matt Zarecor, Spokane County Stormwater Utility

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Civil Engineering

areas of engineering education, hydraulic engineering, soil erosion and sediment transport, river engineering/stream restoration, and uncertainty and risk assessment for stream restoration design. Dr. Niezgoda recently developed a risk-benefit assessment method for use in improving the design of stream restoration projects and is actively working to develop it into a tool for practitioner use. Dr. Niezgoda is actively involved in the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute, holding officer positions in committees under the Urban Water Resources Research Council (Urban Streams Committee), and the Hydraulics and Waterways Council (River Restoration Committee, Urban Stream Restoration Task Committee, River

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

Paper ID #8760Integrating Economic Analysis into Capstone DesignDr. Gene Dixon, East Carolina University Gene Dixon is an Associate Professor at East Carolina where he teaches aspiring engineers at the under- graduate level. Previously he has held positions of responsibility in industry with Union Carbide, Chicago Bridge & Iron, E.I. DuPont & deNemours, Westinghouse Electric, CBS, Viacom and Washington Group. Positions include project engineer, program assessor, senior shift manager, TQM coach, and production reactor outage planner. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Man

Collection

2014 ERC

Authors

Lisa Camp

Strategies for SeekingFoundation Funding:Engaging Faculty ASEE Engineering Research Council, March 19, 2014 Lisa Camp Foundation Funding and the Case School of Engineering• Never discourage pursuit of foundation funding.• Only actively encourage in some areas. Date Presenter’s Name Strategic Projects: Active Encouragement Strategic Initiatives 1. Faculty Focus AreaTitle ofInterests Presentation -Budget Allocations -Travel Allocations -CSE Time Allocations 3. 2

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather E Dillon, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering

ArtsAbstractThermodynamics is a difficult course for many undergraduate students due in part to the complexnature of the concepts learned. Pedagogical literature has suggested that students learn difficultconcepts better when they are presented in different formats that address different learning styles(verbal, visual, etc). During the last two years a new student project called “thermodynamicsin the arts” has challenged students in an introductory thermodynamics course to represent onethermodynamic concept in an art project. Each team of students selected a thermodynamic conceptand a different art medium including poetry, sculpture, music, painting, drawing, photography,and creative essays. Concepts the students visualized included entropy, enthalpy

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Systems Engineering

of enforcing Systems Engineering (SE)principles and practices into course work that can enhance students’ understanding of the issuesin systems integration and project management. In the process of educating SE students,professors need to ensure that students understand the importance of obtaining such skills aseffective communications, good leadership, excellent project management, strong collaborationskills, high ability to adapt to multi-culture environments, and sufficient risk management ability.In addition, SE students also need to adopt two fundamental Industrial Engineering/SE principles,simplification and standardization, into their work. The issue is how we embed the requirementsof these skills and SE principles into course work to

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessment Methodologies

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Barry Lawrence, Texas A&M University; Esther Rodriguez-Silva PhD, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

the Global Supply Chain Laboratory at Texas A&M University, where she conducts applied research and industry projects in the area of global distribution, best practices in distribution profitability, distributor value added services, and within industry Consortia. Dr. Rodriguez Silva is the Director of the Talent Incubator Program where she educates and train students for project development and execution. Also, she coordinates the Global Distribution Study Abroad Program designated to teach students on how to conduct business in the international arena. Dr. Rodriguez Silva has contributed with recognized international institutions on supply chain man- agement and participated on the implementation of

Conference Session

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

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Pam Van Dyk, Evaluation Resources

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8903MISO (Maximizing the Impact of STEM Outreach Through Data-DrivenDecision-Making): Building and Evaluating a Community of PracticeMs. Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University Tracey Collins is the Project Coordinator for the Maximizing the Impact of STEM Outreach through Data-Driven Decision-Making (MISO) Project, at North Carolina State University. Her responsibilities include implementing activities of the project, coordinating efforts among K-12 science, technology, en- gineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs, and working closely with university enrollment management and data

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Renae Miller; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kelly Strong

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Construction

Professor Department of Construction ManagementKelly Strong Page 24.294.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Comparative Analysis between AIA and DBIA Contract Documents: AIA Document A295 and DBIA Document No. 535Megan Miller, Carla Lopez del Puerto, Ph.D., Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Ph.D., and Kelly Strong, Ph.D.AbstractIntegrated Project Delivery has emerged as a popular in project delivery methods in the pastdecade partially, because construction projects have become more complex with tight budgetsand more strenuous

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

NSF sponsoredproject, entitled “Enhance Computer Network Curriculum using Remote Collaborative Project-based Learning”. The focus of the project is to explore Collaborative Project-based Learning(CPBL) as a pedagogical approach to address the learning issues of under-prepared minoritystudents, and seek effective implementation strategy to extend the pedagogy beyond theclassroom through a remote learning structure. During the three-year project course, a newpedagogical model named as CPBL-beyond-Classroom was developed and its effectiveness hasbeen thoroughly evaluated in iterative classroom implementation. In this paper, we will analyzethis pedagogical model to illustrate how it can address the learning needs of minority students ona commuter

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Lu, University of Portland

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Electrical and Computer

systems design, and embedded vision. Page 24.1323.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Using Case Study Research as an Active Learning Tool for Demonstrating the Ability to Function on Multidisciplinary TeamsAbstractCase study projects can be used as an active learning tool for expanding students’ knowledgebeyond classroom discussion. A required course taken by EE (Electrical Engineering) and CS(Computer Science) students at the University of Portland provides an excellent environment forassessing students’ ability to function on

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua M Coriell, Cyber Innovation Center; Krystal S. Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

applying the mathematics concepts318-257-2319 covered. Concluding each unit is a cumulative project that requires the students to apply what they have learned throughout the unit. Tell me more about the activites! An inexhaustive list of activities in the curriculum is listed in Table 1. The table indicates if the project is an introductory, middle, or closing project; to which unit the project corresponds; and a

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Construction

Paper ID #9970Development of Multicourse Undergraduate Learning Communities (MULC)in a Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Management Curricu-lumDr. Thomas Nicholas II, University of North Carolina, CharlotteDr. Don Chen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Page 24.428.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 MULC: Multicourse Undergraduate Learning CommunitiesAbstractThe project based classroom has grown in popularity with the academic community, primarilydue to the new generation of students

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

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First-Year Programs

incorporating one ormore community-based engineering projects as the core theme of the course. Service learning is 3of vital importance in the engineering profession and must be integrated into the engineeringcurriculum at an early stage of career development. Engineering projects with aspects of servicelearning are both challenging and motivating to students entering the engineering profession afterSTEM studies at the high school level. In addition to teaching the students engineering design 4and practice in the context of society and values, and instilling the recognition of engineeringissues and concerns, engineering project activity with service learning components

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard Mendoza; Brian Stuckman; Anthony Melkonian; Alexander Gilman

innovative fog feature has been designed and design, fabrication and implementation of a fog productionintegrated into the back-glass of a restored vintage pinball ma- system that fits in the back-glass of a retro pinball machinechine. The fog feature adds an interesting effect to a zombie such that it can be triggered by actions performed by the playergraveyard scene painted on to the back glass of the Night of the to enhance the aesthetics of the machine. The client for thisLiving Dead themed game. The designed system is able to pro- particular project was a Vice President and Manager ofduce fog instantaneously through the use of a newly created at- Engineering Products and System Development at a globalomizer design

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianghong (Esther) Tian, Eastern Mennonite University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 24.44.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A design approach in an Introduction to Engineering courseAbstractDesign is the essence of engineering. Because of its core values in engineering education andresearch as well as in industry, I decided to incorporate engineering design as the main theme ofthe Introduction to Engineering course at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Following afive-stage prescriptive model (problem definition, conceptual design, preliminary design,detailed design, and design communication) in their design process, students worked on twocollaborative projects: the design and construction of a solar-powered cell phone charger and apersistence of vision wand. In

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia

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Community Engagement Division

Progress] Community Engagement in a First-Year Engineering Communication Course: Increasing Student Numbers from Handfuls to Hundreds.AbstractEngaging first-year engineering students in their mandatory, first-term, communication coursecan be a challenge when some may not yet understand how these communication skills will beused in their day-to-day professional interactions. However, adding a real client with real needswhere the students’ work can have real impact adds immediacy and interest. To those ends, acommunity service learning team proposal project was created in 2011 for 60 students of a firstterm, first-year engineering writing course, which is a part of a common first-year engineeringcurriculum. In this

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

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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

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma

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Mechanical Engineering

bending configurations.On the first day of class, the students form teams of 5 to 6 students per team. Each team picks itschoice of a vehicle, machine or system from which they will pick all mechanical components foranalysis and design in the course. Each team is required to carry out four mechanical componentprojects and write project reports and make presentations. Each project covers a time period ofthree to four weeks. For example, fasteners and springs projects are projects that require threeweeks; bearings and gears projects require four weeks. Each team makes a presentation on eachof the four projects during the semester. The presentations are judged by engineers fromindustry.The reports and presentations are required to cover analysis and

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Tina Smilkstein

374 A Graduate/Senior Level Interdisciplinary Medical Technology Design Class Tina Smilkstein California State Polytechnic University, San Luis ObispoAbstractThis paper is a report on an interdisciplinary graduate/senior level medical technology designclass offered through the electrical engineering department at California Polytechnic StateUniversity at San Luis Obispo Spring 2013. Participating students were from electricalengineering, biomedical engineering, computer engineering, psychology and computer science.The course had a major project component where student self

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona; Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #10078Programming Embedded Microprocessor Systems: The Autonomous RoboticCar - Dragon Board vs TowerDr. Javad Shakib, DeVry University, PomonaDr. Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona Page 24.1012.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Programming Embedded Microprocessor Systems: The Autonomous Robotic Car - Dragon Board vs TowerWe redesigned the “Programming Embedded Microprocessor Systems” course to help prepare ourEngineering Technology students for the Senior Project. They are to

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jenny Li, Kean University; Patricia Morreale, Kean University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

studentsfor future software engineering courses. The two concepts are integrated developmentenvironment (IDE) and basic software testing. We observed the students’ progress and found thaton average students can program similar projects 80% faster after learning and using the twosoftware engineering concepts. 1. Introduction Introductory software programing is an important first-year course that brings students to thedoor step of the CS major, which we consider as a CS1 course based on the definition given in[1]. It is also a requisite course for many students majored in Science, Technology, Engineeringand Math (STEM). The majority of the curriculum of this course is to teach a specificprograming language without any introductory concepts of

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Beverly Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

building prototypes to solve real-worldproblems sponsored by industry and research faculty. Industrial Engineers (IE), by the nature oftheir discipline, often work on problems that do not involve a physical object. Instead, thedeliverables may be simulations, facility layouts, procedural modifications, databases, or otherprocesses or products less tangible than a physical prototype. Previous work by one of theauthors presented a validated scheme for assessing Mechanical Engineering (ME) solutionsbased on examination of the Executive Summary document written three weeks before the end ofthe Capstone course. For the present work, this same evaluation scheme was applied to theIndustrial Engineering projects presented during the past seven years. The

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tristan Ericson; Scott Kiefer

Capstone Design Assessment and Student Motivation Tristan Ericson, Scott Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania, Mechanical Engineering type of project is the design and build of a car to complete in Abstract— This paper presents the ongoing the Society of Automotive Engineers Formula Collegiatedevelopment of student assessment strategies, and how they Design Competition (FSAE)2.affect student motivation and satisfaction, in a mechanical While there is some overlap, the first semester of theengineering capstone course sequence. The capstone sequence

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Jose Macedo; Nick Sweeney

this course, as well as examples of student projects from Fall 2013.The course and laboratory materials were evaluated for learning effectiveness and technicalcontent, which are included in this paper.IntroductionDuring the past ten years, manufacturing automation has changed dramatically. Developments insoftware and new standards allow rapid development and integration of sophisticated automationapplications. It is possible now to develop applications that require integration of machine vision,programmable logic controllers, control of multi-axis servomotors, and robot manipulators frommultiple vendors in a fairly short amount of time. It has become an accepted technology withmany successful industrial applications. These changes have

Conference Session

Innovative Assessment Techniques in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Shannon K Reynolds

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Civil Engineering

engineeringeducation. One approach has been to use professional rating systems as a vehicle in designcourses. This paper describes such an approach using the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure(ISI) EnvisionTM rating system as part of a learning module in the capstone design course at theUniversity of Utah. In the module, students are first presented fundamental sustainabilityconcepts and tools, and in a separate seminar are introduced to the Envision rating system.Students are exposed at least two more times to brief follow-up discussions applying Envision totheir project. It was expected that the use of Envision helps students reinforce underlyingsustainability concepts and improve the learning about Envision by applying it to a project. Themodule

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Jeffrey N. Shelton, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Systems Engineering

design andbuild an automated device. It was hypothesized that reformulating the design project as aproblem- or project-based learning activity would facilitate long-term learning amongundergraduate as well as graduate students. It is intended that the design problem serve twopurposes: a) encourage students to apply knowledge from the lab assignments, and b) allowstudents to learn the value of integrated mechanical-electronic-software design as compared tothe more conventional process of sequential design. The first goal, application of prior Page 24.708.2knowledge, makes the activity more similar to a project-based learning approach while

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura P. Ford, University of Tulsa

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Chemical Engineering

withsufficient detail that they can be reproduced by the students. An ideal article leaves somevariation that can be used as the basis for a design project. The Fall 2013 introductorythermodynamics course design project (Appendix 1) was based on the article Optimizing anOrganic Rankine Cycle1 (OORC). The thermodynamic concepts in the paper are all covered inthe course, so a student who understands the course Rankine cycle material should understandthe thermodynamics of the paper. Basing the design project on the OORC paper, making thestudents work closely with it, is expected to increase the students’ confidence in their abilities toread similar papers. Surveys were done throughout the design project to assess its effect on thestudents.MethodologyThe

Conference Session

Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Ethics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel

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Manufacturing

Engineers for over 24 years including eleven years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy.Dr. Keith Plemmons PE, PMP, The Citadel Dr. Keith Plemmons is a project management and education professional. Currently, Keith is an Asso- ciate Professor in The Citadel’s School of Engineering and the CEO of VAB Group, LLC, a sole-proprietor business services company. Keith is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina, with 30 years of multi-disciplinary engineering, management and higher education experience across public and pri- vate sectors in the United States and Japan. His credentials include a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Citadel, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Clemson

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

traditional role of teaching and administering a modest research program. At Trine University, a small private school in Angola, Indiana, Scott taught ten different courses from introductory freshman courses to senior design, while serving as advisor to many undergraduate research projects. For the last three years, Scott has been at York College of Pennsylvania where his concentration is on undergraduate education in mechanical engineering. Page 24.879.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Machining Experience in a Mechanical Engineering CurriculumAbstract

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David Cain; Brian Layng; Kyle McNulty; Ryan O'Connor; Tomas Estrada

EstradaT@etown.edu Abstract -- The total scope of the project aims to effectively group, we saw this project as a way to combine academia andand efficiently assist a runner with a visual representation of pace athletics while challenging our knowledge of engineeringon an outdoor track. This pace car is intended to be a training aid skills.for any runner. This project uses a repurposed RC car being II. P R O JE C T O V E R V IE Wcontrolled by an Arduino Uno microcontroller. It uses infraredphototransistor sensors as input to understand where the lane In the spring of 2013, we enrolled in a Junior Project classline on a track is. This project is unique in that it bridges the gap