Collection

2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John C. Giordano; J. Scot Ransbottom

Raptor development effort, we do not have exposure to the source code or APIs for this project. As mentioned, Raptor generates stub code in our primary teaching language - Java. Along with developing visual algorithm representations in Raptor, cadets must also master the fundamentals of text-based programming in a high-level language. While learners are not required to write text-based programs by

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

. The topicof PLC’s was covered as the eleventh of twelve three-hour lectures given over the entire semester. Thelecture was quite extensive, covering Chapter 8 in Reference [1], including the characteristics andelements of PLCs, the use of truth tables, Boolean algebra, ladder logic and associated symbolism, andexamples demonstrating discrete process control using both logic (event) driven and sequence (time)driven system changes. Students were then asked to read the corresponding material in the text [1] forhomework, given instruction for about 15 minutes on the use of the PLC platform and its associatedsoftware as described above, and then given a PLC project to complete. The project required students tocomplete the exercises, as outlined in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Texas Tech University; Tim Dallas P.E., Texas Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

ofinterdisciplinarity and stakeholder engagement. We will close with both a section on “lessonslearned” throughout this process, as well as a section on the “deliverables” that have emergedfrom this process thus far. These ‘deliverables’ tie to benefits that, we believe, will enhancecareer preparation for students.theories of interdisciplinaritySeveral theories could have supported our work on developing a program in SocialEntrepreneurship. We are aware of the literature suggesting that theories of community-engagement (Tekic et al., 2022; Wallerstein et al. 2020), and even collaborative building () couldhave been used to guide this project. However, the development of this project was madepossible by a grant from funders who have a particular interest in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 2: Students and Peer Mentors

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso; Sarah Huizar, University of Texas at El Paso; Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Peter Golding P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Juan Jose Ochoa Jr., University of Texas at El Paso; Victor Manuel Garcia Jr., US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

district and is in the process of creating a mentorship program to help high school students transition to university. His research interests include first-year university students’ experience, high school students’ transition to university, peer-to-peer mentorship, and student support networks.Ms. Sarah Huizar, University of Texas at El Paso Sarah Huizar is a Program Manager for UTEP’s Center for Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREATE). She develops, implements, and manages a wide range of activities through the center’s STEMShine grant. She specializes in mentorship, essential skills building for freshman engineering students, project planning, community building through eSports, writing and design.Dr

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

F.T. Fisher; R.S. Besser; K. Sheppard; C.H. Choi; E.H. Yang

projects. It is based on understanding of nanotechnology and its applications to astudies that indicate that students’ sense of the importance of broad undergraduate student population. This goal isresearch increases significantly when they participate in addressed through an undergraduate nanotechnology programundergraduate research experiences. For the research-track wespecifically incorporate support and mentoring mechanisms that involving newly developed courses and curricula which arehave been proven to optimize the effectiveness of these accessible for all engineering students within our standardundergraduate experiences. Through these

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

. The topicof PLC’s was covered as the eleventh of twelve three-hour lectures given over the entire semester. Thelecture was quite extensive, covering Chapter 8 in Reference [1], including the characteristics andelements of PLCs, the use of truth tables, Boolean algebra, ladder logic and associated symbolism, andexamples demonstrating discrete process control using both logic (event) driven and sequence (time)driven system changes. Students were then asked to read the corresponding material in the text [1] forhomework, given instruction for about 15 minutes on the use of the PLC platform and its associatedsoftware as described above, and then given a PLC project to complete. The project required students tocomplete the exercises, as outlined in

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University; Warren R. Hull, Louisiana State University; David Bowles, Louisiana State University; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University; Stephen O. Sears, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

retention and graduation rates as well as supporting faculty with development with effective learning and teaching pedagogies.Warren R Hull, Louisiana State University Warren Hull is the Engineering Communication Studio Manager at Louisiana State University. He earned a baccalaureate in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University and master’s degree in En- vironmental Health from Harvard University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 40 years engineering experience. Prior to joining LSU he was an engineering consultant who managed numerous domestic and international projects. He is also a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel.David Bowles, Louisiana State University David (Boz) Bowles is a Technical

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Catherine Taylor, University of Washington; Kelli Jayn Nichols, University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Bioengineering; Laura Wright, University of Washington; Christopher Neils, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

studentscan work in teams on their projects (Appendix A and B), was an excellent idea. Studentsstressed that they wanted both options (individual and team-based) to be available to futurestudents. They also supported the idea of creating a 3-credit freshman-level class to introducebioengineering in the context of engineering design, in replacement of the first course of the oldBIOEN program, a 2-credit “BIOEN Tools” class, which taught some specific technical skillsbut did not provide any kind of introduction to the bioengineering field (Appendix A and B).Some students in 2009 expressed concern about removing the Java programming CSE courserequirement from the curriculum. However, the faculty elected to establish this as an electivecourse so students

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Kirk Love, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

(EEES)project consists of four content subprograms22: 1. “A program to provide formative assessments in the key courses with follow-on ‘bootstrapping’ tutorials. 2. A supplemental instruction program which is called the PAL (Peer-Assisted Learning) subproject. 3. A program to directly engage engineering faculty with early engineering students. 4. A program to develop and exploit course material from one key course in another.”22Over the last three years they have initiated an aggressive recruitment program that has beensuccessful in recruiting more students to their program. A review of their enrollment andgraduation statistics over the last decade indicates that their most vulnerable period of loss is

Conference Session

Think Outside the Box! K-12 Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Turek-Krengel, U. of St. Thomas - St. Paul; Scott Woelber, Edina Public Schools; Ellen Johnson, Edina Public Schools; AnnMarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

specific focus on theterms A(amplitude) and (angular velocity). There were four primary goals for this project: (1)to open lines of communication between the University Saint Thomas and local PK-12 teachers,(2) to aid in the teaching of trigonometry lessons through the use of hands-on activities created tosatisfy MN Academic Standard #9.2.1., (3) to incorporate engineering content into math lessons,and (4) to hone students’ visual-to-mathematic conversion skills, which has been recognized asan increasingly important skill1 for students to possess. This paper discusses the collaborationprocess and presents a lesson plan that can be replicated by other schools.IntroductionThe engineering department at the University of Saint Thomas was approached by

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Jesiek, Purdue University; Deepika Sangam, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juila Thompson, Purdue University; Yating Chang, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

Page 15.619.2producing “graduates [who are] effective in global context” is one of its three strategic goals for2009-2013.9 And as discussed in more detail below, the College’s Engineer of 2020 initiativefeatures a number of target graduate attributes with an explicit global dimension.Many kinds of strategies and programs have emerged to help prepare engineering students forglobal professional trajectories.6,10-11 At Purdue, for example, the Global Engineering Program(GEP) and Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education (GEARE) give studentsopportunities to study, work, volunteer, and intern abroad, and participate in multi-nationaldesign projects.12,13 Many students receive other kinds of global education through coursework

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melanie Watson, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett, Louisiana Tech University; Kyle Prather, Louisiana Tech University; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Stanley Cronk, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Students Constituent Committee

, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs typically provideinsufficient instruction for doctoral students electing to pursue a career in higher educationinstruction. Often, doctoral students who teach classes are required to offer lectures or even fullcourses without any formal training1, 2. Therefore, a doctoral student’s transition to a facultyposition may raise concerns from a university administration concerned with maintaining thequality of its course delivery. This paper documents the account of three doctoral students andtwo engineering faculty members while co-teaching/teaching a project-centered first-yearintroductory engineering course. The implementation of a preparatory teaching program fordoctoral students in the

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Shankar Muthu Krishnan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Curriculum and Lab Development

appointments in Illinois, Miami and Singapore. At NTU in Singapore, he was the founding director of the BME Research Center and the founding head of the Bioengineering division. He was the Principal Investigator for several Biomedical Engineering projects. He also worked in R&D at Coulter Electronics in Miami and in hospital design and operations management at Bechtel for healthcare megaprojects. He has served in the National Medical Research Council in Singapore. His research in- terests are biomedical signals and image processing, telemedicine, medical robotics and BME education. Dr. Krishnan has co-edited the text ”Advances in Cardiac Signal Processing”, and published numer- ous papers in conference proceedings

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Keith W Buffinton, Bucknell University; Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

. Another example that gave students an opportunity to examine opposite sides ofone particular engineering project occurred on our way to visit the Three Gorge Dam. Studentshad heard mostly negative stories about the impact of the dam project on the lives of theresidents in the area, although the students were aware of the benefit the dam is having on powergeneration and green energy. However when actually visiting the dam, the tour guide told acompletely different story. The tour guide said people of his age in the area were very happywith the project because the dam project stimulated the local economy by bringing in many jobsthat were unthinkable before the project. While both sides are correct from their ownperspectives, the sharply contrasting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramachandran Venkatasubramanian; Brian Skromme

these tools using student examination andhomework scores, student teaching evaluations, focus groups, and a special web-based DeviceConcept Inventory developed in this project are described.Introduction Traditional passive, lecture-based instruction in semiconductor device theory, even whenit is of excellent quality, has only limited success in promoting conceptual understanding andstudent achievement. The importance of interactive engagement in technical courses has beenwell documented in the literature.1-3 Yet there is a critical national need for engineers who arewell trained in device theory to support the semiconductor industry, which has become thelargest manufacturing industry in the United States. The inherently difficult nature

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Drummer; James Frendewey; Sheryl Sorby; Kris Mattila; John Sutherland; Leonard Bohmann

better serve society and students for work in the21st century, we believe that it is essential to provide them with an engineering career pathaimed at the service sector.In response to the need for a service systems engineering curriculum, the authors received aplanning grant from the Department Level Reform program of the National Science Foundationin September 2003. Through this grant we conducted a Delphi Study to define a newengineering discipline – Service Systems Engineering. The remainder of this paper outlines theDelphi technique as we applied it to this project and presents our results obtained to date.Delphi Technique for Curricular DesignA Delphi Study is a consensus-building forecasting technique that has been used byorganizations

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Lambert; Aaron Robinson; Charles Camp; Jeff Marchetta; Laura Lackey; Stephanie Ivey

among engineering educators is the consistently high rate of freshmanstudent attrition from engineering programs. Depending on the source of literature cited, theattrition rate in undergraduate science, math, and engineering programs ranges from 40-70%,with a critical period of attrition between the freshman and sophomore years.There are multiple research questions addressed in this pilot-scale project, all of which focus onthe central issues of attrition and retention levels between the first and second semesters of Page 10.880.1engineering studies. Specific areas of emphasis include these questions: Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

Pedagogy

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sean Brophy

woulduse to explore various thermodynamic cycles. CequelTM “is an Excel® Add-In chemicalcombustion analysis tool for assessing the products of combustion under equilibriumconditions using the minimization of the Gibbs free energy. The NASA Lewis chemicalequilibrium computer program is the underlying solver.” 1 Vanderbilt Universityinitiated a laptop program several years ago so that every student would have a similarlaptop configuration. This year’s cohort of students is the first to have these computersfor the thermodynamics. The follow describes the redesign of the course and homeworkassignments to support the learning of thermodynamics using the Cequel code.One of the course goals was to prepare students to complete a term project that

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rahul Kulkarni; Carl Steidley; Rafic Bachnak

. Page 10.142.9 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Eduction Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Fig. 3. Digital image of Nueces river Fig. 4. Classified image of flooded flooding areaStudent ParticipationStudents have been involved in this project from its inception. The first student to work onAMIS was a graduate student in computer science. He was recruited to the project because hehad an electrical engineering undergraduate degree. His knowledge of both hardware andsoftware was very valuable for the project. He was responsible for overall system

Conference Session

Controls, Mechatronics

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Wiedenman

engineer’s ability to integrate theconstituent fields within mechatronics is difficult to overstate. In a series of papers on “TheFuture of Engineering Education,” Richard Felder, et. al., discuss several areas of needed changein engineering education. Among them is a call for increased emphasis on multidisciplinaryprojects and programs: “All authentic problems and all viable solutions today aremultidisciplinary and, therefore, engineers must be skilled and educated at working effectivelywith and in other disciplines...”3. There has been wide current public interest in mechatronics, as evidenced by the responseto the recent “Great Race” sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA). For several weeks, articles appeared

Conference Session

Assessment of Biomedical Engineering Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ann McKenna

were revised at Northwestern as part of the VaNTH project. This section discussesthe main topics covered for each of the courses, the materials that were developed for the class,and how these materials align with the principles of the HPL framework. Table 1 provides detailsof these three courses. Page 7.230.3 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”Course Quarter Students Domain ProfessorBME 338: Interaction of Winter 2001 11

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Gary Downey

. [1] This attitude focusesattention on the relative timing and quantitative mix of design and science. For example, somedesign initiatives expand design experiences in the first year, with the hope of introducingstudents to what engineering is all about as early as possible.[2-5] Other initiatives integratedesign throughout the curriculum with the goal of helping students in "making the transitionfrom the `seat-of-the-pants' freshman design approach to the engineering design approachrequired for the capstone experience and engineering practice." [6] Finally, senior designcapstone courses aim at exposing engineering students to the key elements of design --designmethods, project management, teaming, engineering economics, ethics, risks, and

Conference Session

Using Technology to Improve IE Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Davis; Paul Stanfield

topics. Faculty activities do little to encourage development and use of theseskills to improve engineering education.1.3 Engineering Education AdvancesIt is unfair to contend that no trends in engineering education have sought to recognize thechanging requirements for those in engineering practice. The recognition of the desperate needfor change has been a prominent topic in recent engineering education literature. Attempts toconsider the systems approach have led to attempts at course integration; and increasing use ofinformation technology has introduced new teaching methods and allowed students access tosoftware used in practice.Integration is primarily visible in the form of capstone senior design projects common in mostengineering schools

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials Classes

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Boyce; Jung-Wuk Hong; Jaspal Sandhu; Eberhard Bamberg

report that they had completed. Each team then completedthe full design report at home and handed them in one week later. Page 7.143.3*. Macintosh computers will need to have OS X installed. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Fig. 2 Two students working together on their truss design Fig. 3 A student presents his "lightest design" to the class using using the Truss Structures simulation. his laptop and the classroom's projection system.b) Online LecturesOnline

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Safford; Andres Sousa-Poza; David Dryer; Charles Keating; William Peterson

expectancies about teachers and enrollment behavior in distance learning. Communication Education, 48, no. 2, pp. 149-158, 1999.CHARLES B. KEATINGDr. Keating is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director for EngineeringManagement at Old Dominion University. Prior to joining the faculty of Old Dominion in1994, Dr. Keating served in numerous staff and command positions for over 5 years inthe US Army. In addition, he has served for over 7 years in quality engineeringmanagement at Texas Instruments and Newport News Shipbuilding, including hightechnology design, engineering, and testing oversight. He has conducted a multitude ofresearch projects in various organizations, including NASA, Thomas Jefferson NationalAccelerator Facility, and

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Abel Reyes; Skyler Reinhardt; Tony Wise; Nathir Rawashdeh; Sidike Paheding

levels of difficulty across several topics such as C and Python programming,machine learning, HMI design, and robotics. The hardware being used in this project includes aRaspberry Pi 4, an Arduino Due, a Braccio Robotics Kit, a Raspberry Pi 4 compatible visionmodule, and a 5-inch touchscreen display. We anticipate this education lab kit will improve theeffectiveness of student learning in the field of mechatronics.IntroductionWithin the context of the fourth industrial revolution, i.e. Industry 4.0, the concept of smartfactories with connected intelligent systems has become the standard in recent years, with anincreasing trend of adoption by leading companies in different regions around the world. Forinstance, the adoption rate of Industry 4.0

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Tracey Carbonetto, Pennsylvania State University, Allentown

the nature of these interactionsbeing able to define a relationship between these interactions and the effectiveness ofleadership skills development. Results showed the need for educators to be more purposeful indeveloping the framework of team-based group projects and more interactive by providingguidance and mentorship. Novoselich and Knight (2018) conducted research on shared leadership within capstonedesign teams. Their findings indicated that integrating social network analysis into engineeringteams demonstrated the lack of the vertical (hierarchical) structure. These authors statedengineering educators should account for shared conceptualizations of leadership whenworking with undergraduate design teams. ABET’s requirement

Conference Session

Making Elementary Engineering Work: Lessons from Partnerships and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

merely as an elective orextracurricular activity—has been a strategic goal of the Center for Innovation in Engineeringand Science Education (CIESE) at Stevens Institute of Technology since 2004. Since that time,CIESE has been working with school districts throughout New Jersey to promote the positionthat all children should experience engineering as an integral part of their K-12 education. Froma small demonstration project in 2006 to the launch of an intensive five-year, statewide programtargeting 400 Grade 3-8 teachers in 2010, CIESE has impacted more than 3,500 K-12 educatorswith exemplary engineering curricula and associated professional development. Approximatelytwo-thirds of these teachers are elementary teachers, who have special

Conference Session

Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia; Shing Wai Yam, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

requirements, laboratory atmosphere, and miscellaneous preferences.Basic requirements included the academic year of the student, the students’ grade point averageand any threshold requirement the lab may set in that regard, majors and minors, the timecommitment expected, and what compensation (money, academic credit, or nothing) is offeredor desired, and when (fall, spring, or summer) research may be performed.Atmosphere describes the lab environment. This includes lab size, whether there are labmeetings or social get-togethers, and lab type – that is, research-based versus design-based, wetlab versus dry lab, and whether the labs usually undertake individual or team projects. It alsoincludes who does the undergraduate research mentoring for a given

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Educational Methods and Tools to Encourage Conceptual Learning I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Educational Research and Methods

“implicit models made explicit”and begin to construct their own learning. While Hmelo and Guzdial’s work was focusedon software, this concept can clearly be applied universally.The aim of the approach presented in this paper is to maintain PBL’s advantages intraining students to address ill-defined real-world problems while providing sufficientscaffolding (in a manner similar to Hmelo and Guzdial’s glass-box scaffolding) toaddress cognitive architecture concerns raised by Kirschner et al. and Sweller et al. 1, 2.Tiered Scaffolding ApproachThe six-tiered approach shown in Figure 1 below was used to prepare students for PBL(here in the form of challenge problems and Thermodynamics Inquiry Projects) bymoving them up the levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy 10