Conference Session

Problem- and project-based learning in environmental engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg P.E., Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

and systemsoperations need to be improved to make it a viableand sustainable endeavor that provides educational Figure 5: Senior Loren McNamera discussesopportunities for our students while generating aeroponics with a child at the 2012 EPA P3 Sustainability Design Competition and Expotasty and safe produce to consume. Examples ofprojects that are being completed by students include: • analysis of the energy consumed and cost of heating and powering the system; • design and installation of shades for the southern wall to reduce heat loss at night and radiant heat gain during the day; • systems operation plan for timing of seed planting, transplanting and

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

background of Prolog, search, agents, knowledge / rulebased systems, planning and natural language processing43. The following topics are coveredfrom the machine learning and computational intelligence part of the course: an overview ofmachine learning, simple learning methods, neural learning and evolutionary computations.Students from the School of Engineering and Computer Science usually take this elective course.There are four assignments for the course, two for the symbolic intelligence and two for machinelearning and computational intelligence. Through these four assignments, students gain hands-on experience in applying these techniques to real-world applications. This course offersessential background and training for the students to start

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Meyer, Clarkson University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor; Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

experience in computer engineering.3.1 Course Objectives and OrganizationCapstone design projects often have several objectives in addition to providing studentswith a major design experience, including fostering the development of teamwork skillsand providing an opportunity to work on a multidisciplinary project. Our studentlearning outcomes for the senior design course are: 1. Specify, plan, design, build and test a digital system requiring integrated hardware and software subsystems that utilize embedded computing in a real-world system subject to prescribed specifications. 2. Demonstrate that their project designs satisfy constraints imposed by industry and government standards, regulations, concern for public health and

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Gregory L. Heileman, University of New Mexico; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College; Alfredo J. Perez, Northern New Mexico College; Ramiro Jordan P.E., University of New Mexico; Timothy L Schroeder; José Marcio Luna, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

not offer thiscourse yet; thus, if a student plans to transfer to UNM or NNMC, he/she can either take this classat the time of the transfer or enroll at UNM or NNMC while studying at CNM. It is expected thatECE 203 will be scheduled at CNM in a near future. ELVIS boards are integrated suites of 12 ofthe most commonly used instruments in the lab, including the oscilloscope, digital multi-meter,function generator, variable power supply, and Bode analyzer. Based on NI LabVIEW graphicalsoftware, NI ELVIS, with USB plug-and-play capabilities, offers the flexibility of virtualinstrumentation and allows for quick and easy measurement acquisition and display. Figure 5shows an ELVIS II board

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering ; Michael Richard Carlson

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

technical report is reviewedand graded by a different instructor (Outcome G). One of the deliverables of each project is acontextualization document which reports what significance the final design may have on theenvironment, global, health, safety, economics, ethics, etcetera (Outcome H). Anotherdeliverable is a report on project management. Students are required to manage all aspect of theirprojects and submit the project management document describing how they managed theirproject including project planning, budgeting, scheduling, execution, managing the availableresources, monitoring and controlling the project (Outcome L).Lastly, students are engaged in entrepreneurial projects for at least their first semester (OutcomeM). They are required to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas David, Iowa State University; Suman Debnath, Purdue University; Munadir Aziz Ahmed; Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

drives course. Courseassessments were conducted on a regular basis by an external evaluator, under a thorough evalu-ation plan that included formative and summative assessments. The assessment outcomes arepresented in Section III. Page 23.422.3II. Background Information and General RemarksThe power programs in the electrical and computer engineering departments at both institutionswere in need of a new educational approach for bringing timely topics such as renewable energyconversion and vehicle electrification concepts into the undergraduate classrooms. In this re-spect, power electronics as a key enabling technology was identified as a

Conference Session

Topics in Energy Management

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

fall2012. The plan is to limit each NZEH design to a fixed construction cost budget, and then tohave students do tradeoff analysis considering insulation levels, number and types of windows,type of heating/cooling system, solar water heating, and perhaps most importantly, overall size ofthe house. Construction cost data was developed from RSMeans along with consultations withcontractors and equipment suppliers. By constraining the project to be NZEH, the efficiencylevels that are economically justified are measurably higher than a more typical house designwhere current electricity prices are the basis for energy tradeoffs. Another way of saying this isthat putting in more insulation in the wall, for example, and reducing the electricity needed

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clare McInerney, Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre; Mike Hinchey, Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Reseaach Centre

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

the international and globalnature of the Scratch project.The Scratch competition complements the Teaching Materials/Curriculum. In module ten, entitled“Scratch Project”, students create a concrete piece of work at the end of their in-class course. Inthis module, students must plan and design their project and, if working in teams, they must assignindividual tasks. Students are encouraged to submit this final project for the Scratch competition.According to teachers we work with, many students spend time working on their Scratch projectsfor the competition outside school hours. This encourages an independent interest in computingand “I’m doing it because I want to” rather than “I’m doing it because the teacher says I must”attitude. By the

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Seth William Adams

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

day prior to each weekly meeting and addresses the following three areas:current progress, problems encountered and their resolution, and plan for the following week.To stay on the top of industry requirements sponsoring the project and to receive valuableengineering feedback students conduct by-weekly web conference calls with industry liaison.The oral and written reports due near the end of each semester are to concern themselves withthe progress made in each semester. The one at the end of the first semester will be a progressreport, with a full final report due at the end of the second semester. To further improve thequality of capstone projects conducted in the EET program in the SoT at the Michigan Tech andmake students experience as

Conference Session

It's Elementary

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Higgins, Engineering is Elementary, Museum of Science; Jonathan Hertel, Engineering is Elementary

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

naming the steps of theengineering design process they focused on as they engineered their bubble wands. Other girlsadd “plan” and “improve.” “What was the most important part for us?” asks Linda. “Create!” thegirls cheer.Linda explains to the audience that over the past several weeks, each girl chose a goal for theirbubble wands, deciding what type of bubble (tiny, giant, double, etc.) they would engineer eachwand to make. They conducted experiments to learn what bubbles can and cannot do, andconducted testing to learn more about materials they could use in their final bubble wand design.As the Rihanna song the girls chose for background music plays, they demonstrate the range of

Conference Session

Materials Science Education for the Future

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eunice Yang, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Materials

the mini- presentations, class discussions, POGIL activities, classroomdemonstrations were helpful in assisting them learn materials science.The author’s experience in implementing this new hybrid curriculum was positive and plans to implementit again in Fall 2013 with some changes as follows. In addition to using the MCI to measure learning, theauthor plans to develop assignments or tests to measure how well students learned the basic “ConceptsBeing Taught” and how well the mini-presentations accomplished the “Purposes” in Table 1 and Table 2,respectively. Assignments that will require higher level of critical thinking such as case studies or open-ended project assignments are in consideration

Conference Session

Capstone Projects, Design Projects, and Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tomas Enrique Estrada, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

throughoutvarious stages of the process and uploading them to the Internet. The contest also served as ameans of external validation for their work.The students surveyed the existing literature in solar trackers and developed their own design,with the objective of increasing tracking efficiency. Their design was a hybrid concept,combining active tracking and chronological tracking. This paper includes a detailed explanationof the design, adapted from the students’ senior project report.The Hybrid Solar Tracker ranked among the top 100 projects worldwide for the Phoenix ContactXplore Contest and won the award for Best Senior Project in the department. While there werefactors to be improved on, both in terms of planning and execution, this project was a

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses, Labs, and Projects II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayrettin Bora Karayaka, Western Carolina University; Robert D. Adams, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

graduates in the department of engineering and technology at WCU,developing an emphasis in electric power engineering plays a vital role in educating the nextgeneration of the region’s power industry workforce.To that end, an undergraduate curriculum development effort was planned and is projected totrain, prepare for research, and educate the students enrolled in the Department of Engineeringand Technology for careers in the power industry. The curriculum includes three fundamentalpower engineering courses: 1. Power Systems 2. Power Electronics 3. Electrical Machines and DrivesThis paper describes in detail the first pilot implementation of the Power Systems coursecomponent entitled “Modern Power Systems Analysis” for Electrical and

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

agreement that consciously developing metacognitive habits significantlyincreases the ability to transfer academic learning to the workplace5-9 (The references given are onlya small representative sample.). This diagram summarizes metacognition: awareness dealing with problems Self planning while learning / teaching evaluating thinkingThe rest of this paper focuses on problem posing and problem structuring, with little explicitmention of metacognition. However, thinking about the essential qualities of problems is reflectivein nature, and hence metacognitive. Here is an example

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David G. Rethwisch, University of Iowa; Soko S Starobin, Iowa State University; Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Melissa Chapman Haynes, Professional Data Analysts, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

school courses. Based on the results from the five-year assessment of PLTW strategic objectives, 80% ofthe PLTW students intended to pursue a postsecondary education (Walcerz, 2007). Further,Bottoms and Anthony (2005) found that the PLTW students were more likely to plan to pursue abachelor’s degree than those who enroll in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.While students’ intent to pursue postsecondary education may indicate as the evidence of thePLTW program success, there still is critical information that is unknown –whether those PLTWstudents actually attend college. Thus, the purpose of this study is to measure transition rates ofPLTW and non-PLTW students into postsecondary institutions. More specifically, this

Conference Session

Intercollegiate and Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; J.Kevin Taylor; David W. Hey, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

3 0 1 Low-Medium17 Pop a Wheelie 2011 2* 1† 1 MediumTotals 52 9 33 NANote: Students who reported 'extensive prior experience' to people with disabilities (* = 1 male / † = 1 female)Comments that are specifically related to the Kinesiology student collaboration are providedbelow based on three themes: (a) the Etiquette Presentation (b) Planning and Scheduling, and (c)Improving Future Projects: Communication between the Disciplines. Names have been changed,but are consistent with the gender of the engineering student.Theme 1

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

experience in follow-oncourses. The course serves the departmental plan to better integrate instruction in electrical andcomputer engineering topics and to facilitate flexible degree content through more accessibleelectives, minor programs, and dual-degree options. In particular, many students are pursuingthe dual-degree option that is promoted in part by this course. Students seem to readily use thecontent for projects, senior design, etc. Future work is planned in providing additional courseresources such as on-line problem examples and design content in the laboratory. The OpAmplectures are being revised for more clarity and for added examples. The course is a prerequisitefor proposed upper-level course work in device physics, sensor

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods & Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

, customizable method developed by Ranky for customers to identify theirneeds, and then offer them (software and other) engineering solutions that satisfy theirrequirements within a competitive environment. Furthermore, the method is successfullyapplied in design, manufacturing, industrial, software, IT, and even biomedical-engineering and related engineering management fields.CORA is a generic Team Oriented Problem Solving (TOPS), method, aimed atminimizing dissatisfaction, and financial loss due to poor communication andmanagement. CORA is applied during the electronic support system planning stages of aprocess, and then updated on a regular basis to document changes in requirements and/or engineering solutions ([4] and [5]).CORA is an iterative

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

systematic method developed by Ranky for disassemblyprocesses to identify and minimize potential failure risks / failures of disassembled sub-assemblies, objects and components, and their effects on the customer (meaning internaland external customers). DFRA is a Team Oriented Problem Solving (TOPS), method,aimed at minimizing dissatisfaction, and financial loss.DFRA is applied during the planning stages of a disassembly process, and then updatedon a regular basis to document changes. It addresses negative quality and is primarilyconcerned with potential events, that can make the disassembly process, or the harvestedcomponents fail. Our approach is component-oriented, meaning that as we disassemblythe product the DFRA Team focuses on each

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jucain Butler

analysis [1] to evaluate student progress. With a properly designed web-based evaluationtool, it should be possible not only to measure if students have acquired simple skills, but also tofollow students through their work on complex problems to see if the path to a solution makessense. In doing this, the instructor can evaluate and even quantitatively measure, the degree towhich students have mastered the process of solving, e.g., design problems that requireintegration of understanding and knowledge by the student.The ”deliverables” of this project will be complete plans, materials and purchased equipment list Page 8.144.1for a ~0.5 l

Conference Session

TYCD 2003 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

william mullett; Gary Mullett

educational and business and industry partners in the planning andorganization of the proposal from the very beginning.When Dr. Abeles visited the campus, the college president, the chief academic officer, members ofthe development office, and this author met with him and some of his staff. At the time, webelieved that the meeting had been very productive for both parties since we learned more aboutthe Next Step Program and they learned more about STCC and its capabilities. Shortly thereafter,an RFP for a seven million dollar program was issued by NYNEX to all 2- and 4-year colleges inNew England. STCC successfully brought together a group of community colleges across theNew England footprint, submitted a proposal on behalf of the “partner schools

Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Williamson; Randy Winzer

issues are considered in all concept phases of the student work. Eachteam provides formal reports, both written and oral, to management (the professors) throughoutboth semesters. Each team must prepare a budget and a program plan for all segments of theirproject. Student teams are allowed to follow their own ideas even if the professors think it maynot work. Learning from failures at this level is often a better educational tool than being Page 8.13.2 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Renken; John Reisel

studentsidentified the specific goals of their projects, formulated their design action plan, researched possiblesolutions, performed the engineering analysis, interacted with PNIC staff, government officials, andindustrial personnel, prepared the final report, and formally presented their results.The use of this open-ended feasibility study allowed the students to use a great deal of creativity insolving and analyzing a problem in a real-world setting with realistic constraints. Details of thestudents' final designs, cost analyses, and recommendations as well as the educational experiences ofthe mechanical engineering undergraduate students who worked on these projects are described.Background1The Pettit National Ice Center (PNIC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

activities of planning, communicating, and self evaluation. 4) reinforce appropriate interpersonal, group, and/or presentational competencies introduced in the oral communication course. 5) reflect the strategies for evaluating interpersonal, group, and/or presentational competencies introduced in the oral communication course. 6) allocate at least 30% of the course grade to oral communication assignments. 7) require students to participate in at least 15 minutes of graded oral communication assignments. 8) teach students to use oral communication skills as a way of learning and thinking critically in a discipline.Therefore, the course syllabus was developed to outline new

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bret Van Poppel; Shad Reed

manyof these results. Figure 6 illustrates that the turbine design was very successful in some respectsand not as successful in others. As figure 6 shows, only 21% strongly agreed with the statementthat the project contributed to their ability to apply the conservation laws, while 57% agreed withthe statement. This could indicate that most students could see how the concepts applied, but didnot actually perform the analysis required to design their turbine. This is supported by several ofthe open-ended question responses. An example comment from a student: “More importance should have been placed on the actual planning of the design. We went into the building process with only a bare understanding of our objective, and this

Conference Session

EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

pay offExposure to music prior to or during --> Better athletic performanceClasses outside of major --> Better grades than major classes 2 Need to beMore extracurricular activities --> Get more sleep careful; someSittting in the back row --> Lower GPA attention to selectedSingle room --> Higher grades areasStudents with part time jobs --> Lower GPANot on meal plan first year --> Better grades 1 PotentialDorm greater distance from clinic --> Likelihood to go for treatment problem(s), butFrequency & quantity of alcohol use

Conference Session

Engineering / Education Collaborations

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Bruning

foundation for this type of instruction isknown as inquiry-based science and experiential learning or the application of constructivisttheory.Inquiry-Based ScienceWith inquiry-based/centered science approach, the real world is brought into the classroom andthe lives of students (National Academy Press, 1997). The National Science Education Standards(1996) defines inquiry as conducting activities such as making observations; posing questions;examining sources of information; planning investigations; reviewing what is known based onexperiential evidence; using tools to gather, analyze, and interpret data; proposing answers,explanations, and predictions; and communicating the results” (p. 8). An example of inquiry-basedscience of math would be a lab

Conference Session

Tools for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sterling E. Skinner; Eric G. Chapman; Sheldon Jeter

a decision matrix to select the best of the remaining designs.Design Evaluation: Using the performance measure formula as a starting point, eachteam was to come up with a set of objectives and constraints that their potential designsshould try to meet. A weighting factor was to be associated with each objective. Usingthese objectives and constraints, a decision matrix was developed which would later beused to evaluate and compare the team's different developed designs.Task Planning: Teams were given the due dates for the project, including dates whenprogress reports were due, the competition date, and the presentation dates. They wereassigned to develop a list of tasks that needed to be completed prior to each due date andthen develop an

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Silliman Stephen; Leo Hubbard McWilliams; Catherine Pieronek

particularly significant impact on the retention of women. The data also suggest that changes in the content and presentation of the course may affect the timing of student decisions to drop. Course changes between the 2001-02 offering and the 2002-03 offering appear also to have impacted both the retention of women and the timing of student decisions to drop.Follow ThroughNotre Dame’s College of Engineering created the EG 111/112 course sequence to improve thequality of the first-year learning experience for engineering intents and to incorporate a morelearning-centered paradigm into the program. The availability of student response data hasprovided a valuable resource for assessing and planning the course sequence, as

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ruth Davis

craftsman and apprentice tradition came with the beginnings ofelectrical engineering. With electricity one no longer could depend on immediate sensoryinformation. Since measurement was indirect, mathematics became essential to assure effectiveand safe application. The laying of the Trans-Atlantic cable around 1860 put the shop-versus-school approach to engineering in stark contrast. The first models of the telegraph (around 1835)were seat-of-the-pants affairs: try something and see what it does. Marconi was of this opinion,while Michael Faraday and William Thomson supplied many of the theoretical underpinnings oftelegraphy.As the practitioners formulated their plans to lay a cable from Dover to Calais, Thomson andFaraday were able to predict that