Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Bahram Nassersharif

simulations of virtual models, environments, and processes. The centerprovides a unique laboratory/classroom environment for immersive interaction with models,environments, data, and processes in engineering and the sciences. The center merges teaching andresearch activities into a powerful discovery environment in which faculty and students share a problem-solving tool for exploration of any subject using methods that are impossible in a physical laboratory.The first course that will be implemented in the classroom is our freshman engineering problemsolving/programming course using Matlab.The different phases of design and implementation of this very sophisticated classroom as well as the firstsemester teaching and learning experiences in this new

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Wu, Iowa State University; Qingze Zou, Iowa State University; Stephanie Culter, Virginia Commonwealth University; Kam Leang, Virginia Commonwealth University; Gina Pannozzo, Virginia Commonwealth University; Santosh Devasia, University of Washington

created in thenano/bio-related field world wide2. Such growth of jobs and technologies will have a profoundimpact on all sectors of the economy (as well as society)3. To prepare the future work force withthe necessary skill set, this paper focuses on a collaborative approach which involves threeuniversities to develop, integrate, and assess a teaching module on smart actuators for threedifferent courses in the ME undergraduate curriculum: system dynamics and controls,mechatronics, and capstone design. The teaching module is specifically designed to address theimportant aspects of modeling, control, and design of smart actuator-based systems. In particular,the module consists of lecture and laboratory components, and each component can be

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Mid-East / Asia

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajeswari Sundararajan, College of Technology - Purdue University; Daniel Dangelo, Intel; kishore N.K., IIT Karagpur; Haritha Mogilisetti, Intel; Sundhasarath Somasundaram, Valliammai College of Engineering; umadevi S., highways; Robert Nowlin, retired

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International

IIT Karagpur-after 2002 SRM Valliammai-2004 to 20081 Mathematics I Chemistry 1 Chemistry Chemistry Laboratory English for Communication Engineering Graphics Basic Electronics Fundamentals of Computing Mechanics Engineering Practice Lab Engineering drawing and Graphics Computer Practice 1 EAA I English 1 Electrical Technology Mathematics 1

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

, “Effective Teaching of Engineering: LinkingTheory to Practice,” (ENE 595G) was designed for GTAs within an innovative first-yearengineering laboratory course (ENGR 126) to provide an opportunity to extend GTAs’teaching professional development (NSF #0632879). ENGR 126 introduces all first-yearengineering students to computer skills and techniques, provide practice withfundamental engineering concepts, and foster open-ended problem solving activities,known as model-eliciting activities (MEAs)[9]. GTAs are responsible for supervisingweekly 2-hour laboratory sessions. Within these laboratories, they provide formative andsummative feedback on students’ assignments, and guide students through the weeklytasks. In addition, GTAs design and grade quizzes

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Allameh, Northern Kentucky University; Thomas Brackman, Northern Kentucky University; C. Dale Elifrits, Northern Kentucky University; Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

its efficiency in terms of theprogram’s educational contents, its target audiences, and its outreach impacts.IntroductionInterest is growing in the reorientation of educational programs to make them moreoutcome-based and results-oriented [1-4]. Outreach programs, as parts of recruitmentefforts of educational institutions, are especially appropriate for outcome assessment. Theresults of such assessment allow evaluation of the accomplishment of the objectives andprovide for fine tuning of outreach activities leading to the improvement of the quality ofthe educational programs.Assessment tools used to evaluate the accomplishment of the outcomes of conventionaleducational programs that include class and laboratory activities may not be

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

quarter of AY 2006-7 to a 4-quarter credithour upper-division technical elective course on Micro- and Nano- Characterization of MaterialSurfaces. The course was first offered in the Spring quarter of AY 2005-6, and has 3 hours/weekof lectures and a 2 hours/week laboratory segment. The course is now a part of a concentrationprogram in Nanotechnology and MEMS being developed under a department-level reform grantfrom the National Science Foundation to the department of microelectronic engineering. Toaccommodate brief reviews of differential equations and materials science concepts, the coursenow covers only two families of experimental techniques: x-ray diffraction and scanning probemicroscopy. At the end of each of the eight experiments, each

Conference Session

Challenges of CE Education in a Global World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; C. Conley; Richard Gash, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, construction, and professional practice.Christopher Conley, United States Military Academy Chris Conley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Military Academy. He earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts (1978), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from Cornell University (1980, 1983). He has served as a Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, a Senior Research Associate at Cornell University, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. In his 13 years on the USMA faculty he has taught a variety of courses in the civil and mechanical

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2006, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His research interests include microfluidics and MEMS devices for chemical and biological assays. He was the teaching assistant for the microfluidics laboratory course discussed in this paper.Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati Dr. Karen C. Davis is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. She has advised over 30 senior design students and more than 20 MS/PhD theses in the area of database systems. She has been the recipient of several departmental and college teaching awards, including

Conference Session

Innovations in Biological/Agricultural Education-I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

growing, especially interms of laboratory experiences for undergraduates. For example, biology has been infused intomaterials engineering coursework,11 and has also been used in chemical engineering laboratorycourses.12, 13 Using biomass as an energy source has been incorporated into laboratory modulesto examine thermodynamics.14 Biology concepts have also been integrated into laboratoryexercises focusing on biodegradable polymers.15, 16 Another study has reported the developmentof a module that examines the production of beer in a laboratory setting.17 Page 13.1206.2These discussions, while useful, still do not cover the broad range of

Conference Session

Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Fall semester, which is the first semester for a typicalfreshman entering college directly from high school, will have two to three sections. Eachsection can handle 25 students, so for the Fall a maximum of 75 students can take the course.For the Spring semester, the course is scheduled for late afternoon or evening to accommodatestudents who work full time. One to two sections are usually on the schedule, so up to 50students can fulfill the requirement in the Spring.For many years, the laboratory projects were strictly mechanical in nature: a basswood bridgeand a mousetrap spring driven car. Since the projects were in a single discipline, the course wastaught by a single instructor for both the lectures and laboratories, with additional

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1700: OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT IN A HANDS-ON MANUFACTURINGPROCESSES COURSEMukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University Page 13.958.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Outcomes Assessment in a Hands-On Manufacturing Processes CourseAbstractIndustry has consistently identified lack of experience in manufacturing processes as one of thekey competency gaps among new engineering graduates. This paper will discuss a laboratory-based Manufacturing Processes course that provides hands-on manufacturing experience tostudents. In addition to standard theoretical concepts, the course uses team-based projects thathelp students gain hands-on experience with selected

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Constituents

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Walsh, California Polytechnic State University; Robert Crockett, California Polytechnic State University; Zahed Sheikholeslami, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

college of engineering thatbenefits humanity by educating socially responsible engineers inspired for life-long learningusing an innovative learn by doing philosophy in partnership with industry and otherstakeholders.” PBLI is consistent with this mission because it promotes the use of a multi-disciplinary, participatory, learn by doing, “hands-on” laboratory, project and design centeredapproach. The PBLI enhances educational outcomes for students in accordance with the strategic Page 13.1010.2plan, it enhances the professional development of the faculty in conformance with the strategicplan, by encouraging and supporting expansion of faculty

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Northrup, Western New England College; John Burke, Western New England College

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Engineering at Western New England College. Prior to joining WNEC, Dr. Burke was with EM Observables Division of Mission Research Corporation (95 to 2000), he was with the MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation (92-95), with Compact Software (90-92), with the Microwave Electronics Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts (87-90), and with the Hughes Aircraft Corporation (84-86). He received the B.S.E.E. degree from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, in 1984 and the M.S.E.E. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1993. Dr Burke’s primary teaching interests are Electromagnetics, High Frequency Circuit

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

requirements of the course which was disappointing tostudents and instructors alike.Previously, students in CE300 had been provided with a document prepared by our faculty titled“Standards for Technical Reports” which outlined the required format for various types of Page 13.1295.2reports (design, analysis, and laboratory). This resource provided minimal discussion andfocused primarily on required formats. The document did not discuss differences between othertypes of writing and technical writing, nor did it address grammar and general technical writingfundamentals. Its primary focus was formats. As such, it was a valuable reference to someonewith a

Conference Session

Sustainability in Construction Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University; Lonny Simonian, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

unique personnel and equipment utilizationissues faced by specialty contractors.The integrated curriculum model described by Hauck and Jackson3 provides tremendousopportunities to engage teaching strategies far beyond the common lecture approach typicallyutilized in many single subject courses. Various methodologies such as cooperative learning and theuse of interactive learning stations can easily be utilized in an integrated learning lab environment.The integrated approach to construction management education requires students to be activeparticipants in their own education, students learn far more by doing something active than bysimply watching and listening2. Therefore, to take advantage of the studio-laboratory format of thecourse proposed

Conference Session

Materials in Design and Manufacturing

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiqiang Hu, University of Missouri - Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

modernengineering tools necessary for engineering practice.” Undergraduate engineering students willface these significant challenges and their education and training must adapt in order toadequately prepare the next generation of engineers for these new realities.Engineering faculty at MU started to develop an sustainable nanotechnology program forundergraduate students. We are developing a new course and laboratory modules throughenvironmental nanotechnology research to integrate them into the existing engineeringcurriculum. Research activities related to sustainable nanotechnology and challenges insustainable engineering education were discussed. By integrating the sustainable nanotechnologyresearch into the undergraduate curriculum, students will

Conference Session

Micro-/Nano-Technology Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Santosh Kurinec, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Jackson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thomas Schulte, Rochester Institute of Technology; Nathaniel Kane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elaine Lewis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

, Perkin ElmerMEBES III electron beam mask writer, and device design, modeling and test laboratories. Theprogram remains the only ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)accredited Bachelor of Science program granting a degree in Microelectronic Engineering. Theprogram, which includes 5 quarters of required co-op, currently has over 130 undergraduatestudents. The co-op program commences after the second year, and students alternate schoolwith paid employment in the semiconductor industry. The laboratories at RIT include the largestuniversity clean room for IC fabrication and are partially supported by our industrial affiliates,who provide curriculum input and support through donations of equipment.1,2Reformulation of the BS

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Wells, North Dakota State University; Daniel Ewert, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

-- analysis, supervising design, specifications faculty sophomores: basic analysis; laboratory testing freshmen: data gathering; testing support Figure 1: Initial Concept for a Vertically-integrated Scholar TeamAcademic Integration and Growth of Learning through Innovation: During this period oftime, interest in innovation and collaboration was growing across the entire campus

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Larry Jang

-286 computer with control algorithm written inBASIC. In recent years, the author has successfully converted the unit into a modern systemrunning on LabVIEW hardware and software. (LabVIEW is a product of National Instrument(NI)). The current system adopts NI’s Fieldpoint as the tool for data acquisition (analog input,analog output, and temperature measurement) and Internet communication via Ethernet cable.Unlike many other control units in the market that require on-site computers, the upgradedsystem in the author’s laboratory only requires Fieldpoint to be installed near the unit. An on-site or remote computer (in the same subnet or outside of the department’s subnet) can be used tostart the system, read the process variables, perform PID

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard J.H. Gash; David Fedroff

on the first day of instruction, students are encouraged to explore how the use ofsupplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) can increase the amount of recycled content in theconstruction of a building. This theme continues as the students are required to develop and implement aplan to optimize the amount of granulated ground blast furnace slag, fly ash, and silica fume that can beincluded in a concrete mixture without adversely affecting characteristics such as strength, stiffness, andworkability. After gathering data through hands-on laboratory testing, the students prepare a reportrecommending an optimal SCM content. This instruction method can fit easily into the existing curriculum of most undergraduatereinforced concrete design

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Richard J.H. Gash; David Fedroff

on the first day of instruction, students are encouraged to explore how the use ofsupplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) can increase the amount of recycled content in theconstruction of a building. This theme continues as the students are required to develop and implement aplan to optimize the amount of granulated ground blast furnace slag, fly ash, and silica fume that can beincluded in a concrete mixture without adversely affecting characteristics such as strength, stiffness, andworkability. After gathering data through hands-on laboratory testing, the students prepare a reportrecommending an optimal SCM content. This instruction method can fit easily into the existing curriculum of most undergraduatereinforced concrete design

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Richard J.H. Gash; David Fedroff

on the first day of instruction, students are encouraged to explore how the use ofsupplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) can increase the amount of recycled content in theconstruction of a building. This theme continues as the students are required to develop and implement aplan to optimize the amount of granulated ground blast furnace slag, fly ash, and silica fume that can beincluded in a concrete mixture without adversely affecting characteristics such as strength, stiffness, andworkability. After gathering data through hands-on laboratory testing, the students prepare a reportrecommending an optimal SCM content. This instruction method can fit easily into the existing curriculum of most undergraduatereinforced concrete design

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Shooter, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of a company’snew product is a competitor who will completely tear apart, scrutinize, analyze and test in orderto benchmark against their own offering. A Bucknell University Alumnus (class of 98) has donejust that for his company that has catapulted their product to $40 million in annual sales in justtwo years. This paper will describe a three week module that is incorporated into aninterdisciplinary Introduction to Engineering course. The module uses product dissection andreverse engineering as the guiding principle to establish improved design requirements and makesuggestions for better designs. Nine fifty-minute lectures and three two-hour laboratories areused to show how a simple, every-day product like a stapler has many opportunities

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Shaw, Geneva College; Murat Tanyel, Geneva College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-2386: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MULTI-FACETED FRESHMANDESIGN PROJECT: SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRONICS,MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION, SOFTWARE-HARDWARE INTERFACE ANDECONOMICSDavid Shaw, Geneva College David W. Shaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Geneva College. He received his B.S.M.E. in 1983 from Geneva College and his M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (1988) from the Ohio State University. His research interests include measurement and modeling of thermal properties of materials and teaching the design process in undergraduate engineering classes. He has developed courses and laboratories in heat transfer, fluid mechanics, instrumentation, and freshman design. He has been active in sponsoring

Conference Session

Graphics and Visualization

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Duff, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

centers or laboratories wereinterviewed using a standard survey instrument. These centers represented science, medicine,engineering, art, and social science disciplines. Of particular interest were original andcontinuing funding models, the organizational structure of each facility, the profiles ofparticipating faculty, and the relationship of the centers’ research activities with undergraduateand graduate academic programs. This paper develops three models based on the sampledcenters, describes the topology of visualization activities, and draws preliminary conclusionsfrom the survey data.Introduction Data visualization has become an important tool in technical education and practice aswitnessed in technology, the sciences, medicine

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Teaching Models in NRE

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas at Austin; Rose Stiffin, Flroida Memorial University; Dimitri Tamalis, Florida Memorial University; Michael elliott, Flroida Memorial University; Ayivi Huisso, Florida Memorial Univeristy

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Nuclear and Radiological

Engineering Science in 1960 and in Mechanical Engineering in1970, where it is currently administered. In August 1963, the TRIGA nuclear reactor wentcritical at 10kW using fuel loaned from the U.S. Government. In 1968, the power was upgradedto 250 kW and then upgraded again in 1992 to 1,100 kW at a different site; the NuclearEngineering Teaching Laboratory (NETL). Throughout its long history, the nuclear program hashad a commitment to educating the brightest students in the United States and abroad. Thisdedication which continually grows stronger now as the program has expanded to encompasshealth physics, radiation engineering, research reactor beam port experiments, radioactive wastemanagement and reactor and computational nuclear engineering

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

expertise of an urban school of engineering, school ofmedicine and school of education. The BMERET program has provided middle schooland high school science teachers in urban settings with opportunities to engage withpremiere researchers in BME laboratory settings at a top tier research university. Withthe combined expertise of the BME scientists and education faculty, BMERET teacherparticipants are creating powerful curriculum to use in their middle school and highschool science classrooms. The teacher participants have experienced greater scienceteaching efficacy then their non-participant teacher peers, which may be as a result of thecollaborative RET experience. Sixth through twelve grade teachers have benefited greatlyfrom bringing the BME lab

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christi L. Patton

highlights of what did and didn’t work.BackgroundDegrees conferred from chemical engineering programs across the U.S. declined 34% between1997 and 20061 and The University of Tulsa (TU) has mirrored this trend. This same period oftime saw significant changes in the technology infrastructure at TU in the College of Engineeringand Natural Sciences. Every classroom was equipped with a computer console and display forinstruction. All engineering departments established computer laboratories for their students inaddition to the numerous facilities available to all students. WiFi was installed campus-wide.Two instructional laboratories were created with computers for up to 30 students.In 2007 and 2008, the public has watched the price for a barrel of oil