Conference Session

Cool Ideas

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Jennifer Sinclair Curtis, UC Davis

. Kinetics – Chemical reactions New Course to Teach Engineering Design at the Freshmen Level Open to All Majors ECM 1 - The Design of Coffee3 units: Lecture – 1 hour; Laboratory – 2 hours;Project – 1 hourNon-mathematical introduction to how engineers think, aselucidated by the process of roasting and brewing coffee.Qualitative overview of the basic principles of engineeringanalysis and design. Corresponding laboratory experiments testingthe effect of design choices on the sensory qualities of coffee.Lab 1 – Reverse Engineer a Mr. Coffee Example key questions • What makes the water move up? • What is the complete process flow diagram? Lab

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

hours for remote studentswhich are essentially equivalent to face-to-face office hours.One of the strengths of our electrical engineering program has been that all but one of ourcourses has had an integrated laboratory component. In addition, most courses have requiredsignificant design projects. Distance students to date have completed their labs at their localtwo-year school instead of traveling across the state to main campus. Lab instructors have beenhired to provide equipment and lab support for these courses. This lab approach with an on-sitelab instructor has been serviceable for “cookbook” type laboratories, where all the instructionsare provided, and low-level design projects.Alternative approaches have been investigated for use with

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vernengo, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. Page 22.135.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Active and Cooperative Learning Activities for Introducing Undergraduate Students to BiomaterialsAbstractBiomaterials science is a relatively new interdisciplinary field. Because of the increasingprevalence of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative diseases, there is anecessity to engineer biomaterials that can be used to treat these painful and debilitatingdisorders. The overall objective of this initiative is to teach our undergraduate studentsconcepts in the research, development, and clinical application of biomaterials. Twoopen-ended laboratory activities, one developed for freshman and the other

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Robert W. Williams; Salam F. Rahmatalla

; Environmental Engineering students at the University ofIowa. At the end of each semester, students complete a survey to evaluate the condition of thelab, curriculum, and equipment, what they felt worked well and not so well, and to note any testsor materials that were not done which they would have liked to do. This evaluation was thensummarized and used to guide further development of the lab space and the curriculum. The useof the surveys together with significant equipment upgrades and purchases has led to asubstantial improvement in the lab experience for the students.Introduction As a “practical” profession, it can be argued that engineering is intrinsically hands-on,but at the undergraduate engineering education level, a solid laboratory

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow; Dayra Fallad-Mendoza; Benjamin Fetrow; Christopher Fetrow; Vanessa Svihla

University of New Mexico Introduction and MethodsIn STEM education, educators and industry leaders alike emphasize hands-on laboratory researchexperience during undergraduate education as a way for students to gain skills as technicians andresearchers​1,2​. Undergraduate research promotes retention in STEM fields and serves as a pathway tograduate school and science careers​2,3​. For some undergraduate students, however, the process ofengaging in research can be chaotic, confusing, and discouraging, which limits the value of theirexperiences [2]. However, positive undergraduate research experiences can be a key to studentgrowth and success. Effective mentorship and guidance can impact outcomes of undergraduatestudent

Collection

2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Rossana Villa-Rojas; Mei Lu

activities in their lectures. Hands-on learning inthe form of laboratories presented a challenge, especially when delivered asynchronously.Careful planning and re-evaluation of laboratories was important to determine how to achieve © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conferencethe learning objectives for each session. For on-line asynchronous laboratories faculty eithersimplified the experiments allowing students to perform it at home or produced pre-recordedvideos of experiments and gave students simulated data to do the analysis. When students wereable to go back to NWAF but faculty was unable to travel abroad, instruction was comprised ofpre-recorded

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah; Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #19398Development and Usage of an Online Homework System in a Chemical Engi-neering CurriculumKyle Joe Branch, University of Utah Kyle Branch is a fourth-year graduate student at the University of Utah Department of Chemical Engi- neering. He has helped develop and teach a freshman laboratory course, and an introduction to chemical engineering course which both use the online homework system described. His main research interest is in engineering education, focusing on the creation and analysis of interactive simulations for undergraduate chemical engineering courses.Prof. Anthony Butterfield, University of Utah

Conference Session

Development of Technical and Soft Skills in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University; Tanya M. Nocera, The Ohio State University, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Paper ID #20019Electronic Lab Notebooks Impact Biomedical Engineering Students’ Qualityof Documentation and Technical CommunicationMs. Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University Monica Okon, a current graduate student in biomedical engineering at Ohio State University, became in- terested in engineering education when starting as a graduate teaching associate (GTA) for the Engineering Education Department at Ohio State University. She has had the opportunity to teach the Fundamentals in Engineering laboratory component for the standard courses sequence as well as served as a lead GTA for this department for two years

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Cutri P.E., Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Paulo Alexandre Martin, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Nair Stem, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Keiti Pereira Vidal Souza, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

actions (student activities to improve learning without any evaluation grades,namely, 1.Student support; 2.Technical Staff; 3.Video classes, and 4. Teaching service) anddirect learning actions (student activities to improve learning with evaluation grade, namely, 5.Online exercises; 6. Pre-Exam; 7. Laboratory reports; 8. Active Learning Projects; 9. LaboratorySeminars, and 10. Preparatory Discussion Laboratory Questions).Keywords: Physics, Engineering Education, Active LearningIntroductionLearning is a process. The assessment of learning is a powerful diagnosis that allows teachers toredirect their efforts towards assisting the weaknesses of the learning process as presented bystudents. This paper discusses 10 ways to improve learning Physics as

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sabrine Griffith, Harvey Mudd College; Spencer Rosen, Harvey Mudd College; Eleanor Byrnes, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

into circuits and communication links. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Measurement of the Effect of Interactive Questions in Lab Manuals on LearningAbstract​ -- This research paper will describe the results of an experiment in which two groups ofstudents in a laboratory class received different web-based lab manuals featuring interactivequestions, the treatment with many more interactive questions than the control. The hypothesiswas that asking students more questions would cause the students to reflect on the task at hand,which would in turn increase learning. This study was motivated by work on experientiallearning, particularly Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle, which suggests that

Conference Session

Portable/Embedded Computing II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Andy Blauch; Hugh Jack

since it was originally offered, with the goal of producing graduates who are capable ofsuccessfully implementing control systems. Towards this goal, the laboratory component of thecourse is very important. Originally the laboratories were based on experiments with discretemechanical components and data acquisition to allow analysis of the results. While this was veryeffective in improving laboratory skills, it did not help prepare the students to implement actualcontrol systems.Previously the laboratory made extensive use of Labview for data acquisition and control. Thisdid allow students to quickly build systems, but students rarely saw beyond the graphical inter-face. The laboratory component of EGR 345 was revised to build upon two previous

Conference Session

Lab Experiments in Materials Science

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Roth; Fredrick Nitterright, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Robert Weissbach, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

. Nitterright, and Robert S. Weissbach The Pennsylvania State University - Erie, the Behrend CollegeAbstractIn many engineering situations, load-bearing members are exposed, either intentionally orunintentionally, to electrical currents. This topic, the effect of electricity on the mechanicalproperties of a material, has not been investigated. Furthermore, laboratory set-up andprocedures designed to investigate these effects have not been designed and published forincorporation into typical material science courses. Therefore, in order to begin to identify theseeffects and to broaden the scope of the traditional laboratory experiments associated withstandard materials science courses, a test apparatus was developed that allows

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Maryland State Highway Administration; Thavavigna Thanikachalam, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

Studies • Institute for Remote SensingThese centers and divisions all have fully developed laboratories with classroom facilities andare renowned for their academic and research achievements at national and international levels.The Department of Civil Engineering has been approved for a very long time as a center for theQuality Improvement Program at Master’s and Doctoral levels of study1.The University Of Florida (UF) is located in Gainesville, Florida, and was founded in 1853,making it the oldest university in the state. UF currently offers more than 52 undergraduateprograms in a broad variety of instructional fields. The Department of Civil Engineering at UFwas established in 1910 and later merged with the Department of Coastal and

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose del Carmen Chin Vera; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

International

Engagement While Learning Food Analysis by Means of a Video GameAbstractThe effects of playing the draft video game Food Analysis Simulator (FAS) by Food Engineeringstudents of Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) that attended the food analysis courseand corresponding laboratory during Fall 2010 semester were investigated. Pre-post teststudents’ results demonstrated a significant improvement in their knowledge after being exposedto the video game; there was a positive change in the students’ scores from 7.2 ± 0.5 to 9.0 ± 0.5.Our findings suggest that virtual laboratory FAS can be effective in achieving course learninggoals, such as students being able to understand the principles behind analytical techniques,being able to use (in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Richardson

instructor and other students inthe class. The flexible format generated 80% of the distance learning credit hours in theacademic year 1996-97 and provides courses to a wide audience with minimal technologyrisk. The next most popular format for delivering distance learning courses at RIT is thesite-based forms of delivery which generated 19% of the distance learning credit hours in1995-96 and 14% in 1996-97. Engineering Technology Site Courses and Laboratories Page 3.219.2 RIT started offering site-based distance learning courses in the fall of 1989. Thesecourses were provided for a Bachelor of Science program in Electrical and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Mathematics (STEM) graduatesspecifically trained to handle the technical challenges and meet the job market demand. Thisproject is funded through the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of NationalScience Foundation (NSF), and has been conducted at New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT) with the objective to train the required workforce for the solar photovoltaic (PV) jobmarket through several activities that will provide benefits to university students, K-12 students,faculty members and instructors, and remote users all around the U.S.In this paper, the five major activities of the project are explained, which include: (i) Design anddevelopment of the new laboratory entitled “Renewable Energy Systems Training (REST)” andthe associated

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

overview and introduces the engineering elements of theproject. This introduces students to professionals practicing in one or more of the threedisciplines. Subsequent lectures and assignments are given by department faculty who discussthe project’s engineering components such as its foundation, structure, drainage, environmentalimpact, HVAC and building systems, etc. Weekly assignments are given and mostly completedin a two-hour computation laboratory under the guidance of the department faculty member.Thus a second course objective is met: students are introduced to department faculty and theirspecialties. The case study is culminated by a visit to the project construction site. In the twoofferings of CAEE201 in the 2006-2007 academic year, case

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Alex Fang, Texas A&M University; Michael Ryan Golla, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 22.1686.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Which Comes First – Theory or Laboratory Experiment?AbstractThe positive effects of laboratory exercise on engineering education are well recognized.To enhance student learning, many engineering technology courses include laboratoryexperiments. Traditionally, the students are introduced to the theories first. The lecturesare then followed by laboratory activities. However, the timing of the laboratory sessionswith respect to that of the lectures may influence student learning. In a reverse sequence,giving students opportunities to conduct experiments before presenting the theories mayimprove or impede learning.This paper presents an effort

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tammy M. Lutz-Rechtin; Edgar C. Clausen

, staff, and environmentalhealth and safety. The design of this cooperative audit allowed peer-to-peer education andinteraction among graduate and undergraduate students. Results from a feedback surveyindicated that the intra-departmental audit achieved a positive effect on student safety knowledgeand confidence level. An interesting outcome was the change in attitude toward the primarybarrier to a safety culture within the department after audit participation.KeywordsSafety, departmental safety program, safety audits, collaborative audits, student-led audits, safetycultureIntroductionThe chemical engineering laboratory is an inherently dangerous environment for untrained andinexperienced students. Their work requires them to carry out novel

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert King

technologies.1.2 The Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory Course SequenceThe objectives assessed in this paper is the Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory (MEL)sequence, which was replaced three traditional, closed, theory-verification laboratory courses inelectrical circuits, fluid mechanics, and stress analysis in 1997 3. As its name implies, MEL’seducational objectives are focused on experiments that integrate multiple subjects. MEL goalsare to prepare graduates that can integrate multiple disciplines, extend their knowledge to new Page 6.717.1topics over their professional lifetime, be team and project leaders, and

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayna Earle, McMaster University ; Liza-Anastasia DiCecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University; Muhammad Arshad, McMaster University ; Andrew Lucentini, McMaster University ; Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University, Mount Saint Vincent University; Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

laboratories are favorable and also provide learnerinsight on the new gamified activities introduced within the curriculum. We note severallimitations on the interpretation of these results, the need to collect more data over time and outlinedifferent courses of action for future improvements to these measures. Overall, from positivesurvey results and anecdotal feedback from teaching staff, we are encouraged to pursue moregamified strategies within our first-year curriculum and beyond.2. Setting Context – Classroom Description & Gamified ApproachesThe introduction of project-based learning to evolve our undergraduate engineering designcurriculum at McMaster University, known as “The Pivot” initiative, is leading to large-scalechanges to the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jo Ann Parikh

Department at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) is currently in theprocess of implementing a curricular and laboratory development project that integrates key conceptsand practical experiences in parallel computing throughout the undergraduate curriculum. The goal ofthis project is to build a strong foundation in parallel computing which would optionally culminate inadvanced, senior-level specialized courses in parallel computing and/or senior research projects. This paper describes the laboratory facility we developed to support instruction in parallel anddistributed computing and the parallel computing modules which were incorporated into three of ourcore undergraduate courses: data structures, operating systems, and programming

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc.; Hisham Massoud, Duke University; Steven Cummer, Duke University; John Board, Duke University; Kip Coonley, Duke University; April Brown, Duke University; Michael Gustafson; Leslie Collins, Duke University; Lisa Huettel, Duke University; Gary Ybarra, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

computer architectures, cluster computing and parallel processing; ubiquitous computing. He received his D.Phil in 1986 from Oxford University.Joseph Holmes, AcuityEdge, Inc. Mr. Holmes has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Materials Engineering from North Carolina State University, an M.S. in Materials Engineering from North Carolina State University, and an M.B.A. from Duke University. He is the CEO of AcuityEdge, Inc., a consulting firm, and is also an adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Engineering Management Program at Duke University.Kip Coonley, Duke University KIP D. COONLEY, M.S., is the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Robbins; Rajapandian Ayyanar; Paul Imbertson; Ned Mohan; Ben Oni

“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”operation. Similarly, motor drives courses have traditionally emphasized the analysis of electricmachines without any emphasis on their use in speed and position control applications.No wonder that the enrollment in these courses have been declining to the point that severalschools have eliminated them from their curriculum.Faced with a similar situation, we at the University of Minnesota undertook an in-depthexamination of how and what should be taught in these courses. This has led to the restructuringof these courses with the associated laboratories, which are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Leiffer

processing.Development of the program entailed the establishment of (1) a series of specialized upper-levelBME courses, (2) a BME laboratory capable of supporting basic experimentation andundergraduate research, (3) a BME capstone experience, (4) a BME summer internshipexperience, (5) guest workshops, and (6) a series of modules that fit within our core courses tofacilitate “biomedical engineering across the curriculum.” The first BME graduates willcomplete the program in May of 2004.IntroductionFor over twenty years, LeTourneau University has offered a Bachelor of Science in Engineering(B.S.E.) degree with electrical and mechanical concentrations, recently adding welding andcomputer engineering. Most of the courses taken in the first two years are common to

Conference Session

Nuclear Waste and the Environment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Katz; Donna O'Kelly; Sheldon Landsberger

generalnuclear medicine needs did not appear alarming. By the early 1990’s with the retirement of manytraditional radiochemists at the national laboratories and universities, the national critical needs in avariety of radiochemistry areas were not, and still are not effectively being met. This effect wascompounded by fewer opportunities from the National Science Foundation except in a very few Page 8.412.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”specific areas of research. The DOE continued to have very good success of

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Zehnder

Session 1168 Virtual Labs, Real Data for Statics and Mechanics of Materials Peeyush Bhargava1, Christine Cunningham2, Michael Tolomeo1, and Alan Zehnder1 1 Cornell University / 2Tufts UniversityIntroduction Hands-on laboratory experience is a key element in learning the concepts of engineeringmechanics. Laboratory sessions provide examples that students can see, feel and hear, andprovide an alternate mode of learning to those for whom reading the textbook or hearing lectureis insufficient. Labs are also used to introduce data analysis, report writing, finding empiricalcorrelations

Conference Session

Instrumentation in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Swaminadham Midturi

specific instrumentation need of an engineering industry. The syllabus in theinstrumentation course, therefore, is largely shaped by individual taste and need and lackscohesiveness in instruction to appeal to a large spectrum of engineering disciplines. This paper provides an insight into the design of course contents and instructionalapproach for an instrumentation course to meet the need of a large spectrum ofengineering and technology disciplines. Difficulties encountered in developing a cohesiveand integrated course, faculty experiences in classroom and laboratory, studentevaluations of the instructors, and course are described. The course that we envisionedcaptures emerging trends in electronics, mechanics, manufacturing, process, and

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen G Ritchie; Carlos C. Sun

Session 2793 OAK-TREE: One-of-A-Kind Transportation Research and Education Experiment Carlos Sun1, Stephen Ritchie2 1. Faculty of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701 2. Faculty of Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2175Abstract - This paper chronicles the traffic control course/laboratory named OAK-TREE (One-of-A-Kind Transportation Research and Education Experiment) at the University of California atIrvine and discusses a proposed implementation at Rowan University. In order to address thechanging nature of transportation and civil

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sören Östlund; Johan Malmqvist; Ingemar Ingemarsson; Edward F. Crawley; Doris Brodeur

necessary for deep understanding of technical information and skills 3. experiential learning environments provided by laboratories and workshops 4. effective assessment methods to determine quality and improve the learning process.Each participating institution has at least one representative for each of the four themeareas, and an overall program director. Students from each of the four institutionsparticipate in the four theme areas, as well as contribute as a separate student group.A steering committee consisting of engineering deans and industry representatives guidesthe project and serves as liaison to the Wallenberg Foundation. An external review boardevaluates the project annually.At the outset of the collaboration, each