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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank M. Croft

that is verychallenging for the students, but also very rewarding. In the first course, Engr H191, students learnthe fundamentals of graphics through sketching and use of Autodesk Inventor, a GeometricModeling Program. They are introduced to hands-on labs and are required to do extensive labreport writing. There is a project in which two person teams design and build a cardboardmechanism (a bridge for a 16” span, or a Christmas ornament shipping carton). There is acompetition involving loading the mechanisms until they break and bonus points are awarded to thewinners. The second course, Engr H192, involves C and C++ programming. It also involvesadditional labs that require the students to do extensive lab reports. Another design project is

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ravi Shankar; Don Ploger; Oren Masory; Francis X McAfee

power near-neighbor communication links, with optical/ sonar /IR/RFtransceivers. These will allow the robots to self-organize in response to a chess move conveyed from aphone. Simple cameras will be used for robotic localization and navigation on & off the board. The highschool students will be able to program the robots with different behaviors and plan/play different typesof games/activities. This will increase their interest in the STEM curriculum and enhance their soft skills(team building, project management, communication, systems thinking, abstract thinking, and problemsolving); this will also bring to the fore innovation and entrepreneurship, two hallmark qualities of theUS economy, since these applications can be marketed, with

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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

M. Nazrul Islam

5 Figure 3: Survey statistics on lecture materials and informationAssessment of LearningAssessment of learning can be done through a number of activities, like tests and assignments. Astandard practice is to give a couple of quizzes and one or two tests throughout the semester.However, in a technology course, every topic is based on previous topics, which means that thestudents must learn the current topic in order to follow the next topic. In that case, we needregular assessment of their learning to ensure that they maintain the speed and move along withthe class. Students might not like the practice, but a teacher should give quiz and homeworkassignment every week.A technology class should also give a project assignment to

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vincent Winstead

Automotive Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering and MechanicalEngineering program students. The two-course sequence includes one course in theory and anothercourse dedicated to applied project activities similar to a senior design project course such as hybridizinga conventional drive train vehicle, designing an efficient series power train solar vehicle having a smallICE, etc. This allows students from different departments to collaborate and bring their particularbackgrounds into a multi-disciplinary design project.Teaching MethodologiesHybrid vehicle systems can be characterized as having multiple power sources whose output can bemeasured in Watts of power. Mechanical and electrical systems alike can be described this way and so

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2007 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Elisabeth McGrath; Dawna Schultz

universities, offer opportunities to expand the impact of programs to new audiences, but require clarity of goals and synergy of mission. 4References1. Massachusetts Department of Education. Science and Engineering Technology Framework. Malden, MA. http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/scitech/2001/2. New Jersey Department of Education. New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS). Trenton, NJ. http://www.state.nj.us/njded/cccs3. Lowes, S., Sibuma, B. 2006. Evaluation of the Spring 2006 Implementation of the EOFNJ Project: The AWIM Pilot. Teachers College/Columbia University. http://www.stevens.edu/ciese/eofnj

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bryndol Sones; Frank Wattenberg

. Unfortunately, the motion sensor Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 238cannot provide data on 3-D motion. There are efforts at West Point to use video analysis andshadow projections to evaluate the departure of the spring mass system from 1-D motion. Thistechnique shows some promise although it is still being developed.DIY Modeling Modeling and simulation is not constrained by sensor limitations. The ultrasonic motionsensor measures only relative distance between the sensor face and the object surfaced used toreflect the

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aiman S. Kuzmar

programs, ABETcurriculum criterion [7] statesthat “the technical content of the program must focus on the applied aspects of science andengineering.” Statics is one way to fulfill this ABET requirement for many EngineeringTechnology programs.Construction Management:The Occupational Outlook Handbook by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics [8] states:“Construction managers plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from earlydevelopment to completion.” Construction Management is a vital field nationally andinternationally. Construction activities serve as an index to the strength of the economyin the USand across the World [9]. Poor construction indicates a poor economy status and vice versa [10].Many universities offer various

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yaseen Mahmud; Masud Salimian

appropriate videos and post it through discussion groups and Facebook. During the lecture and subsequent class discussion of the processes under review, students are expected to add to the transfer of knowledge by sharing points and information gleaned from the digital sources and their textbook. The lecture is supported by a weekly hands-on laboratory. Students are questioned, in a non-test environment, while working on their lab projects about relate theories and concepts.IntroductionIn an industrial Engineering curriculum, a manufacturing processes course meets three categoriesof students’ employment needs after graduation: (1) Students whose professional career directlyinvolves

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2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

E. N. Bart; J. Kisutcza

be projected using the computer projector. They can follow the projected solution,drawing the operating lines and the ideal stages since these are programmed. The program is notconfined to methanol and water. Twenty-six different binary systems are in the program, none ofthem with azeotropes. The systems available are: “Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education” 4 0 0 0 "1-propanol & 1-butanol" 0 760 1

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 16

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Reginald F. Hamilton, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University; Cynthia Howard Reed, Pennsylvania State University

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in this study. While the different disciplines ofengineering at the university differ slightly in application requirements and timelines, all Master’s studentsat are required to do research and write a Master’s paper or thesis (i.e., there is no coursework-only/non-thesis option.) All participants for this study recruited were part of the SSTEM, although participation inthis particular study was optional. IRB approval was obtained for the entire project and all data collection;the interviews collected and analyzed in this study are part of the broader engineering education researchplan in the funded SSTEM project. All 11 current SSTEM students were recruited for participation in thestudy; 6 students scheduled interviews in the timeframe for

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

George Weinschenk; Koenraad Gieskes

. Instructorsof first-year courses at Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science at BinghamtonUniversity have brought the principles of an engineering decision-making tool, a weighteddecision matrix, to the analyses of ethical dilemmas. The Markkula Center’s list of such ethicalsituations serves as the basis of an exercise, modeled in part on their Ethical Decision Makingapp. Rather than looking for the “correct” solution, or engaging in a vague discussion ofcontradictory positions, students propose both the solutions and the means of gauging theirrelative success in redressing an ethical tangle. Just as one would choose weighted criteria toevaluate a project, students use generalized ethical positions, such as utility, rights, and virtue

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

JERRY-DARYL FLETCHER; LeeRoy Bronner; Yacob Astatke

S tudies show that the demand for professionals in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields is increasing, with a projected increase of 11.35% [1]. Here inEngineering Education (ASEE) cataloged several strategies the U.S., the jobs of the future are STEM and the demand forand practices for retaining engineering and technologystudents in American universities, however, none of the professionals in STEM fields is projected to outpace the supplyinstitutions were a

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

1 1 Other Robotics 2 1 Project Lead the Way 1 Sikorsky 1 1 Cub Scouts 1 1 Summer camp 1 1Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWU Table 3. Descriptions of Engineering Design Contests (continued). Design Contests Number reported Was the experience Description extra-curricular? Physics class 2 Mousetrap 1 Model sailboat 2

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C-WAI) [10]. Automating thatprocess is an ongoing and interesting challenge in software engineering. Other tools might assistin the analysis and critique of the overall structure of the website, a kind of “cognitivewalkthrough” of its organization. No comparable push has really entered the more generalconsumer electronics market yet.Project OutlineThe project being developed at _____________ consists of the following elements: 1. Engineering Education and Design Education. How can our undergraduates be best educated in considering issues of accessibility as they are learning the elements of engineering design? 2. Partnership with Manufacturers. How can manufacturers be best educated in

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

theskills that are necessary of an electrical engineer. FPGA-based SoPC development boards havebeen used over the past few years in their undergraduate classes to allow for a wider variety ofstudent projects as an alternative to more traditional off-the-shelf microcontrollers or other basicFPGA boards. 5 63. MethodologyOur Computer Architecture course (EE375) at University of _____ was the last course in thedigital thread to integrate the DE2 board. By making this transition, we are able to use acommon platform throughout the thread in addition to designing, simulating, building, andtesting the MARC processor in the classroom. The design of the MARC has evolved over thelast ten years. In 1999, our department began considering simulation as a

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2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Beckry Abdel-Magid; Yunsheng Xu

from theexperimentation to develop some general conclusions that will support,invalidate, or redesign the hypothesis [6]. These four steps are vital to anyresearch project and should be performed with utmost care and rigor.In addition to being proficient in the research process, students should be awareof the positive attitude for success in research. This includes setting realisticgoals to motivate the student, having a good mental preparation and an I-can-do-it attitude, learning to enjoy the research activity and to be persistent inovercoming setbacks, and being curious to investigate a problem and questionthe results. These traits are not only essential for research but they alsoformulate the characteristics of the inquisitive lifelong

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Jerald D. Cole

conferencingand its derivatives promise to greatly increase the use of synchronous conferencing in education.The 20 simultaneous video/audio sessions limit currently imposed by OpenTok™ is twice the capacity of Skype (10concurrent sessions at $8.50/month per participant), and industry-leading WebEx and GoToMeeting™—both of whichsupport up to 6 feeds at $49.00/month. Six simultaneous feeds are not enough to involve an entire class; twenty isadequate, given that the average enrollment in project-based courses is 15 students.8 9 OpenTok™ is clearly theindustry standard-bearer with zero licensing costs and superior performance.OpenTok™ InterfaceThe OpenTok™ interface, depicted in Figure 1, is intuitive. It consists of a video presentation area

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

B. Samanta

well as engineering education are discussed. The experiences of presenting CI as acourse and summer projects are also presented. The importance of introducing the CI techniquesand their multidisciplinary applications as a senior level interdisciplinary engineering electivecourse and integrating these in research experiences for undergraduates (REU) and STEMeducation (GK-12) is discussed.I. IntroductionIn the digital generation, large volumes of data are collected in various forms in differentendeavors related to business, science, engineering and biomedicine, among others. There is aneed to make sense of the voluminous data for assessing the current status of the system anddetecting an early indication of any possible deterioration of the

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Edwin Schmeckpeper; Ashley Ater Kranov; Steve Beyerlein; Jay McCormack; Pat Pedrow

and discussion prompts; (2)transcript of student discussion as a response to the task and; (3) an accompanying analytical rubric that is used tomeasure the quality of the students’ performance in demonstrating the engineering professional skills. Since 2009,faculty members at Washington State University, the University of Idaho, and Norwich University have beenengaged in a three-year, multi-institution project to expand the set of scenarios as well as rigorously establish inter-rater reliability, content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity of the EPSA method and associated rubric.This effort is sponsored by the NSF Research in Evaluation of Engineering and Science Education (REESE)program [9].2012 ASEE Northeast Section

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Francis J. Hopcroft

their owncontrol and therefore rebel against the course even before the first session. This article looks at various culturalelements that inform and influence those feelings and discusses ways to begin to change those attitudes within thestudent bodies.Keywords: Diversity, Cultures INTRODUCTIONIt has been observed that students taking similar classes in college often project a wide range of academic skills,interest in the subject matter, and personal justifications for class attendance, among other things. Since people areinherently different, there is no shock or surprise generated by these observations; merely academic curiosity andfodder for research by those so inclined.Academic research can

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Nasser Saleh

(CEAB) requirement for teaching lifelong learning skill through thecurriculum as per clause 2.1.1 “The criteria are intended to identify those programs that developan individual’s ability to use appropriate knowledge and information to convert, utilize andmanage resources optimally through effective analysis, interpretation and decision-making. Thisability is essential to the design process that characterizes the practice of engineering”.6Information literacy sessions have been planned not to be a separate entity of most courses butthey were infused and integrated with regular course work. IL sessions are used to be a corerequirement for first year engineering project course, engineering communication, andengineering design courses. These

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Paul B. Crilly; Richard J. Hartnett

completed at least annually for every 2 © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 2015 ASEE Northeast Section Conferencecourse. The end result is a document that describes the essential content of the course (i.e.syllabus, learning objectives, outcomes, projects, sample exams, sample notes, etc.), assessmentdata and rubrics, and recommended changes. This EOCR package can then be used to (a) givethe next instructor a suitable starting point for when they teach the course, (b) provideassessment information for program reviews and curriculum revisions, (c) provide assessmentdata to serve as a

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Anne Y. Boisvert; Bahaa E. Saleh; S. Hamid Nawab

basicconcepts. It would also be useful to students in later courses by providing them clearinterconnections between the new concepts and techniques they are currently acquiring and themore basic concepts they might have (or were supposed to have) acquired in earlier courses. An1 This project is funded in part by the National Science Foundation through its Division of Undergraduate Education(Award No. 0736827).2 Bahaa E. Saleh is now with The College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida. 1example of the LIVE tool’s display of convergence knowledge is shown in the “concept map” ofFigure 1 where each node represents a

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Auburn University; Andrew Hughes, Auburn University

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must considervarious methods to better communicate with students about how building materials cometogether to make up a system. One solution is to incorporate mockups into the curriculum.Efforts to Introduce Mockups in the ClassroomAfter completing a construction project, various construction and engineering programs haveopted to maintain original building wall mockups outside of their buildings for use inconstruction classes. This allows for direct interaction with a physical mockup used duringconstruction, showing details of a wall system that has already been built. It allows for anexplanation of various structural components, attachments, and finish systems during a classsession or for assignments (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Post

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel; Tess Doeffinger, The Citadel; Anthony Songer, Boise State University

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Engineering at The Citadel. Dr. Batouli received his PhD in Civil Engineering from Florida International University. He also holds Master of Public Administration and Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security and Emergency Management from FIU, Master of Science in Civil Engineering/Construction Engineering and Management from IAU, and Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering/Surveying from University of Tehran. Dr. Batouli is a Professional Engineer (PE) registered in SC. He also holds Project Management Professional (PMP) international certificate. Dr. Batouli teaches diverse range of courses in civil engineering, construction engineering, and construction/project management. As a teacher, he aims to inspire his students

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Robby Sanders, Tennessee Technological University; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Tennessee Tech University; Pedro E. Arce, Tennessee Technological University

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, there are a few key conceptsthat can help to reinforce some of the other pedagogical techniques that form the basis of thescholarly literature to which the model contributes. For example, the Foundry is anchored inconstructivist, constructionist, and collaborative learning theories that emphasize student-centeredlearning strategies.8 These theories, for example, posit that students construct understandingthrough reflection and experiences, engage in deep learning through meaningful production oftangible artifacts, and expand their own reservoir of knowledge through interaction with others.These theories have helped to develop other student-centered learning strategies like project-basedlearning, active learning, and real-world immersion

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

David Potter

- defined radioFor software experimentation, a minimum of a compiler is required. To do more than simpleprograms, some sort of debugging environment is necessary. The open source movement hascreated several excellent tools to do just that. Table 5 has a brief list.The Arduino project is worth particular mention since it combines a variety of very inexpensivehardware platforms with a software environment that is exceptionally easy to use. It is alsostraightforward to develop software of significant complexity and program it into the platforms. Table 5 Language compilers and software development environmentsDescription Source URL CostC/C++ compiler

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jordan Cox; Farshid Zabahian

computer system is currentlybeing analyzed to find new ways to improve powerproduction. Permission to use the data had to be obtainedfrom the Enel Green Power regional manager. The data thenhad to be acquired from the Gauley River Project supervisor.Once the data was received, all the unnecessary recordingshad to be filtered out. An example of data retrieved from the Hydro after allunnecessary data was filtered out can be seen in Table 2. Theprimary formula that will be used can also be seen in Table 1  [1, 2]. Figure 1

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Jordan Cox; Derek Burdette; Christopher Shaffer; Farshid Zabihian

the UAV. The table includes the price, and thesupplier they were received from. However, this is a tentative The salesman and owner of the retail store where thelist of parts and subject to change due to the availability of pre-built UAV was purchased also provided useful insight inparts or difficulties applying the part to our application. to quadcopter technology. Instead of trying to supply the power we need by using a bigger motor, the ownerTable 1. Parts List and Budget Analysis for UAV Project recommended that the propellers be geared. Integrating a

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Israel Aguilera Navarrete; Alejandro Lozano-Guzman; Edna Alcazar-Farias

indicators only research work developed within an Academic take into account a limited sample of journals from under- Institution and its impact inside scientific and developed and developing nations, so research from these technological education and instruction. countries is bound to end up being underestimated • Research projects: this indicator shows types,1 internationally. Nor are patents completely adequate as disciplines, and quantities of research developed within indicators of S&T performance, if one is going to take into an Academic Institutions and its internal and external account the fact that a lack of material resources for