Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

of engineering students in the United States hasexperienced a decrease10,17. Approximately 60% or less of all engineering students graduate withan engineering degree3,13,18. With a decline in both the engineering enrollment and graduationrate, the U.S. government, industry, and academia have become more dependent on the foreignengineering workforce16. As a result, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has fundednumerous projects with the goal of recruiting and retaining students in this field10,11. Whileattracting students to engineering majors requires an increase in outreach and an improvement inthe overall perception of engineers in society, retention can be enhanced by increasingengagement in engineering curricula11. This paper describes

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University; James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Jeffrey Georgette

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Mechanics

engineering courses, inquiry-based learning in mechanics, and design projects to help promote adapted physical activities. Other professional interests include aviation physiology and biomechanics. Dr Self obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. in Bio- engineering from the University of Utah.Dr. James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University Jim Widmann is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He received his Ph.D. in 1994 from Stanford University. Currently he teaches mechanics and design courses. He conducts research in the areas of machine design, fluid power control and engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, theimplementation of the course was enriched by sequencing instruction around a series ofchallenge-based learning experiences following a proven learning cycle. This paper providesresults from an initial study evaluating the prior implementation relative to the enhanced versionof the course. The primary focus is to determine the impact of using small challenge projects toincrease the effectiveness of learning and instruction with second year civil engineering students.BackgroundChallenge-based instruction engages learners in complex problem spaces that require thecoordination of multiple concepts to define an effective solution[1,2,4,5]. That is, a challengeillustrates the context and conditions when knowledge is used. The central learning theoryfocuses on

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

engineering and automation, industrial faultdiagnosis, linguistics, material science, music, and physics6.Educational excellence requires exposing students to the current edge of research. To ensure thatstudent projects are along the same trajectory that the industry is moving, educators mustcontinually introduce emerging techniques, practices, and applications into the curriculum. Thefield of computational intelligence is growing rapidly. It is essential that the emerging field ofcomputing intelligence be integrated into the computer science and engineering curriculums.This paper is a study of different approaches that are used by different institutions of highereducation around the world to integrate computing intelligence concepts in their

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University ; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

projects have been developed for the courseas a part of this practicum, and are necessary to complete many of the exercises in thecourse. Generally speaking, manufacturing is to convert materials into products. Themanufacturing processes provide the job opportunities for people. The products made bymanufacturing are to improve our standard of living. To increase the value and quality ofthe products, supply chain and services have to be involved with the manufacturingprocesses. One of the outputs must include waste from manufacturing processes. Theshadow side of manufacturing needs to be addressed first, such as environmental issuesand excess of energy used in industry. Figure 1: Green engineering strategiesAs shown in

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #7723A Study of Warping of Non-circular Shafts in TorsionProf. Somnath Chattopadhyay, Georgia Southern University Page 23.115.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A STUDY OF WARPING OF NON-CIRCULAR SHAFTS IN TORSIONABSTRACTThis project is geared towards the study of warping as that takes place in non-circular shaftsunder torsion loading. For this purpose specimens of square cross-sections were used. .Thisactivity constitutes a laboratory unit in Mechanics of Materials course taught at the junior level.The students

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University; D. Darshi De Saram, North Dakota State University; Thomas Charles Schanandore, North Dakota State University; James Schanandore, North Dakota State University; Robert V. Pieri, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Ph.D. degree, Darshi has gained ten years of experience in the construction industry, including working in an array of multinational projects. Also, has three years of experience in other industry sectors. He has, thus, gained cross-disciplinary experience in a broad spectrum of activi- ties: design, construction, maintenance, manufacturing, marketing, research and teaching. Presently he teaches Construction Surveying, Financial and Economic Aspects for Construction Managers, Managing for Construction Quality, Electrical and Mechanical Construction, and Land Development.Thomas Charles Schanandore, North Dakota State University Thomas Schanandore is graduate student in the civil engineering department at North Dakota

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University

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First-Year Programs

American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their un- dergraduate student population. She currently serves as the principal evaluator for the Teachers Attracting Girls to Computer Science project which aims to increase and diversify the student population studying computer science in high school. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF- sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, transfers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Matthew

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University; Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

30 Same 8 Material Removal A 20 Same 9 Tolerance Analysis/GD&T A 6 Increase 10 Project Management A 12 Increase 11 Product Prototype Build and Test A 45 Same 12 Plastics/ Polymers B 12 Same 13 Process Development and Test A 30 Same 13 Customer Focus A

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Holliday P.E., University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Richard Cecil Ryan, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Construction

served as a laborer, field engineer, assistant project manager, project manager, estimator and vice president for various small to medium sized construction companies and as an owner’s representative for a national development com- pany. He has managed and estimated construction projects in Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado. After receiving his Master’s Degree, Ken was a Visiting Assistant Pro- fessor at Arizona State University for one year before joining the faculty at The University of Oklahoma in the Fall of 1994. Professor Robson has served as the Director of the Haskell & Irene Lemon Construc- tion Science Division since 1996 and is currently the Robert E. Busch Professor

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ranky

multimedia CD-ROMwas developed as an electronic support system for servo-pneumatic positioning, as wellas part of another project for bio-medical engineering with Prof. T. Pato in Berne,Switzerland. In 1997 Paul G. Ranky and Mick F. Ranky developed a 3D browserreadable, virtual computer disassembly method, supported by industry, that has led toseveral other R&D grants (including major DOD grants for NJIT) and publications,including the 3D Multimedia Case Based Library (1995 to date).Since then the topic as well as the architecture has evolved into a robust, object-orientedknowledge management architecture with 3D web-objects, supported by severalcompanies and institutions, including FESTO Inc. USA, GenRad, Inc., The NottinghamInnovative

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Koen

engineering called optimization theory, which is familiar, at least in outline, toall engineers but relatively unheard of and more challenging to the philosopher and non-engineer.Ironically it is totally ignored by the engineering ethicist who makes his or her living telling theengineer what the good, right, ethical thing to do is. Saying that a Mercedes is a better automobile than a Mustang is nonsensical (this timefrom the point-of-view of the engineer) if better is being used in an engineering sense. As statedabove, they are both optimum solutions to different specific design projects. It does make senseto prefer one design project over the other. An engineer could conceivably argue that designingan automobile similar to the Mercedes is a

Conference Session

Programming and DSP Issues in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Parten

, • reads in all frequencies and amplitudes from the Fourier analysis, • determines the fundamental frequency, and • reports all of the required information.Figure 6 shows portions of the Perl program and a screen shot of the output file. Page 8.1252.5 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 6. Perl Program and OutputIV Statistical AnalysisThe objective of the project is to determine if the oxide thickness of all the MOSFETs in a ringoscillator has an

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Eliot; Angela Linse; Jennifer Turns

to requests for changes in the way that we educate andprepare engineers for the future. For example, a number of organizations and stakeholders havesponsored initiatives focused on defining new goals, developing materials, and providingresources. Such efforts include NEEDS – the National Engineering Education Database (a digitallibrary of educational technologies), the NSF Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvementprogram (that supports resource development projects), the new ABET outcome-basedaccreditation policy, and the NSF Coalitions program (that brought together institutions aroundcoalition-specific missions and large-scale curricular reform).Work directly with faculty has been a key element of efforts to enhance engineering

Conference Session

Ethical Issues I: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Painter P.E., Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Education sets a high bar for engineering educators. It states 4:“…To educate students to cope with ethical problems, the first task of the teacher is to makestudents aware of ethical problems and help them learn to recognize them. A second task is tohelp students understand that their projects affect people for good or ill, and that, as “moralagents” they need to understand and anticipate these effects. A third task is to help students seethat, as moral agents, they are responsible for helping to develop solutions to the ethicalproblems they encounter…”These directives on inclusion of ethics in engineering education have garnered a great deal ofinterest in formulating exactly what elements of ethics belong in the engineer’s ethics

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia E. Kirkwood, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

database description, the item would be “expected” to appear inthat database. For example: publications at regional ASEE conference would not be expected inINSPEC or Compendex. The general description of the subject content of database wasconsulted to determine if a published item could be “expected.” The list of journals andconferences indexed in a specific database was not consulted.It was impossible to code items as expected or not expected with CiteSeerX. There was not, atthe time, a description about the types of materials collected by the Web crawler only a generalstatement about what subject content might be expected in the CiteSeerX database. Dr. Giles, thedirector of the CiteSeerX project, was contacted and his email responses were used

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Heidi Blackburn, Kansas State University, Salina

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

with the class.Classroom Introduction of the Knovel DatabaseFor both courses, students were first given a peer-led demonstration of the library homepage, thelibrary subject guides, and then basic entry and use of the Knovel database. The "peer-led"demonstration involved a student being asked to demonstrate on the computer projected to therest of the class, following step-by-step directions from the librarian. Other class membersfollowed along on their own screens. (The peer-led method is applied because of studiesshowing students are more engaged if a peer leads the demonstration, even if he or she has neverdone the activity.18,19,20,21)Next, the class participated in an activity relevant to their particular class subject. The

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander A. Kist, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

completed at the Centre for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. From 2004 to 2006, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Australian Telecommu- nications Cooperative Research Centre (ATcrc) and RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. From 2005, he was the ATcrc networking program Project Leader. Since May 2006, he is a lecturer and since Jan. 2011, a Senior Lecturer in telecommunications at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. His research interests include green IT, teletraffic engineering, performance modelling, QoS provisioning, and engineering education. He is a member of the Telecommunication Society of Australia, Engineers

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Gregory Stuart Rogers; Preston Jay Mendoza, National University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

AC 2012-3306: ISPR: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR PHYSICIANSRESOURCESDr. Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University Mudasser Fraz Wyne is currently serving as a professor of computer science and Chair of Department of Computer Science, Information, and Media Systems at the School of Engineering, Technology, and Me- dia, National University, San Diego, Calif., USA. He is a lead faculty member for the B.S. in information systems and previously for M.Sc. in database administration and M.Sc. in computer science programs. Wyne has a Ph.D. in computer science, a M.Sc. in engineering, and a B.Sc., in electrical engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised more than 50 graduate and undergraduate projects

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-Hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario H. Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Page 25.916.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Materials Education for Green Plastics Manufacturing Technology (GPMT)IntroductionA recent campaign, "Green Solutions for the Future,” identified the creation of green jobs,infrastructure projects, renewable energy research and development, and education as majorissues and challenges facing the nation.1,2,3 From using eco-friendly products to driving electriccars, there are many opportunities for consumers to lower their carbon footprints and energyconsumption. According to the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), over 200 million tons ofplastics are manufactured annually around the world. Of that, 26 million tons are manufacturedin the United States

Conference Session

New Ideas for the ChemE Core

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fabiana Manzo, University of Houston (CoE); Vassilios Tzouanas, University of Houston, Downtown; Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

benzene, toluene, and m-xylene is consideredas a case study. The impact of heat integration was analyzed from an energy savings viewpoint.Heat integrated distillation columns are generally more complicated from a control viewpointbecause of the greater degree of interaction among the columns. Thus, different controlstructures, ranging from feedback only to more sophisticated ones such as feed forward andcascade, and tuning methods are devised and compared from a performance viewpoint whenproduct composition setpoint changes or feed rate and feed composition disturbances areintroduced.Furthermore, extensive use of Aspen Engineering tools was made to facilitate project execution.AspenPlus was used for steady state simulation while Aspen Dynamics

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Robert J. Gustafson, Ohio State University; James Young, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

results achieved in the Minor in EngineeringStudies Program at Iowa State. The project goal is to develop the concepts and resources tosupport model minors which can be adopted efficiently and widely within American highereducation. To facilitate adoption by other institutions, flexibility is a key objective of theintended guidelines. Since the appropriateness of using the name engineering in the context of aminor is subject to debate, the specific name of minor should be part of that flexibility. Thesedegrees do not focus on teaching specific engineering technical content but on teaching studentshow to think like an engineer. The minor aims to develop the broad understanding and practicaltechnological competence outlined by the National Academy

Conference Session

Engineering Education in India, the Far East, and Central Asia

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Olaleye, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Emmanuel Abiodun, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Joseph Olusina, University of Lagos, Nigeria; Francis Derby, where

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International

Pennsylvania State University. He teaches traditional surveying and mapping courses as well as introductory and advanced courses in Geographic Information Systems, Photogrammtetry , and Remote Sensing His previous work experiences include surveying activities in Africa, England, South America and the Caribbean. He has also worked for the Commonwealth Secretariat of Great Britain, where he served as technical advisor to the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica on infrastructure development. He also consulted for the World Bank on various projects in Peru and Tanzania. Dr. Derby is an active member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and since 2005 he has served on the

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint; Olanrewaju Aluko, University of Michigan-Flint

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

innovation increases at a phenomenal pace,more so than it was in the past few decades.Innovation and creativity in development of future technological breakthrough requires themotivation of current high school students to focus more towards science and technology. Anumber of pre-engineering programs have been developed across the nation during the past fewdecades to encourage students to consider engineering and science as career choices. Althoughthe programs showed an increased level of interest towards STEM disciplines, those initiativesare less than adequate as we are still seeing declines in enrollment in STEM disciplines. Toaddress the projected critical shortage of future scientists and engineers in the USA, a pre-engineering program was

Conference Session

Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University; Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

project to identify and address student difficulties in learning materials science.Rebecca Rosenblatt, Ohio State University Rebecca Rosenblatt is a graduate research associate in the physics department working towards a PhD in physics education at The Ohio State University. She is currently investigating the evolution of student understanding of force, velocity, and acceleration, and she is working on this project to identify and address student difficulties in learning materials science. Page 15.1124.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Student Understanding

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donna Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Implications of NanotechnologyAbstractNanotechnology has established itself as an important new scientific discipline with anextraordinary number of potential applications. Consequently, researchers and policy makershave identified a need for well-trained scientists, engineers, and technicians in nanotechnologyand its ethical, legal and societal implications. This project builds on this consensus thatworkforce training and education must include, in addition to technical training, education on theethical, legal, and societal implications of nanotechnology in the core courses so that futureprofessionals and scientists will be able to shape the direction of nanotechnology policy. As aninitial step, this pilot project sought to characterize the current

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Regina Halpin; R. Mark Nelms

problem. Themotivation for the current project was to provide students with study tools that would assist themas they studied the material at their own pace and that would facilitate them in developing theirown problem-solving skills. Discussed in this paper is the use of problem-solving videos(PSVs), available via the Internet, as a study tool for students in an introductory engineeringcircuit analysis course. The instructor prepared videos, with audio, of the step-by-step solutionsfor the following course materials: 1) all examples worked in the classroom, 2) extra examplesnot worked in the classroom, 3) graded homework assignments, and 4) examinations. Inaddition, video solutions for homework and examinations from previous semesters were

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shana Smith

educational institutions. Inparticular, findings are presented that show how the implementation of VR technology affectedand changed pedagogical practices between instructors and students in classrooms at the threeeducational institutions. Implementation findings provide insights into how to use VR technologyin design and technical graphics education, which can help instructors effectively introduce thenew VR tools in their classrooms.Implementation The project was a collaborative effort, which involved two community colleges and one four-year university. A VR software tool, VRCADViewer, was developed using open source softwarefrom OpenSceneGraph (www.openscenegraph.org). VRCADViewer can create and separate left-eye and right-eye images of a CAD

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shumon Alam; Matthew Sadiku; Cajetan Akujuobi

premier telecommunication companies in the area of interoperability andreliability studies. It is also used for the training of our students in this emerging area oftechnology and for research, especially, the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem technology.DSL is a new technology for providing higher data rates over the twisted telephone copper wire.The Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is one of the first derivatives of this DSLtechnology. The DSL Forum has defined an ADSL interoperability test specification, known asTR-048, which is supported by all key Service Providers, access IC manufacturers andIndependent Test Labs. This research project follows the test plan TR-048 to produce a completeautomated testing suit, which can be used in

Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Inglert; Kathleen Ossman

Construction Management 3 4 3 1 Architectural Engineering Technology Information Engineering Technology Industrial Design 4 4 2 2 Construction Management Computer Engineering TechnologySt. Paul’s CathedralThis problem was the student’s second project, and focused on a simulation technique thatdirectors’ use in the making of movies, storyboarding.4 Students were assured that, “. . . while ithelps to draw well, it’s the story