Conference Session

Mechanical ET Design & Capstone

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

thelaboratory part of the EDTE 341 course. Servicing of the engine-dynamometer system wascompleted as an ETME 499 project. Instrumentation for the fuel consumption measurementswere added and the measurements were carried out. The results indicate that, at constant load, asthe engine speed was increased the fuel consumption increased. The same trend was seen atconstant speed; the fuel consumption increased as the load was increased. Simulated fueleconomy (miles/gal) graph indicate that the engine economy was about flat at higher loads, but,was decreasing slightly at low loads when the engine speed was increased beyond about 1500rpm.IntroductionThe two engine-dynamometer systems, one with a gasoline engine (Fig.1) and the other one witha diesel engine

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

. Servicing of the engine-dynamometer system wascompleted as an ETME 499 project. Instrumentation for the fuel consumption measurementswere added and the measurements were carried out. The results indicate that, at constant load, asthe engine speed was increased the fuel consumption increased. The same trend was seen atconstant speed; the fuel consumption increased as the load was increased. Simulated fueleconomy (miles/gal) graph indicate that the engine economy was about flat at higher loads, but,was decreasing slightly at low loads when the engine speed was increased beyond about 1500rpm.IntroductionThe two engine-dynamometer systems, one with a gasoline engine (Fig.1) and the other one witha diesel engine came with the new building when the

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Jacquelyn Sullivan

anddevelop teamwork, community involvement and citizenship skills. Service learning also offersstudents the opportunity to gain contextual knowledge and solve real-world problems that couldnot be formulated in a textbook. For instance, students engaged in the National EngineeringProjects in Community Service (EPICS) projects rate the impact of their ability to work in teamsas the highest outcome of their service-learning experience, followed by enhancement ofcommunication skills.3 Students also report honing other skills that are components of the ABETcriteria4, which are customarily hard to teach in conventional engineering courses. Those skillsinclude communication, project planning and leadership. Of the students who participated in theEPICS

Conference Session

Engineers in Toyland - Come and Play

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Bertini; Steven Hansen

problem solving strategies and disciplinary knowledge byplacing students in active roles as researchers and problem solvers confronted with ill-structuredproblems mirroring real-world situations.14 PORTAL allows projects and assignments to bestructured so students work cooperatively and collaboratively in small heterogeneous, flexiblegroups promoting team skills, peer teaching and interpersonal communication.15,16These enhancements will increase students’ exposure to a variety of teaching styles, improveintegration with the systems engineering courses, incorporate information technology anddevelop examples and projects using real transportation data. To complement collaborativework, some PORTAL-centered project will allow students to work

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Jana Renner Martinez; Ann Darnell

A Comprehensive Program Assessment of the Persistence and Pursuance of Graduate Degrees of Undergraduate Research Students at the University of Texas at El Paso Benjamin C. Flores, Ann Darnell, Jana Renner Martinez, and Aida Rubio The Model Institutions for Excellence Program The University of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is an urban, regional university that serves aprimarily Hispanic student population. UTEP has developed an academic model that includescurricular and co-curricular activities. A major component of the project, the ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, is a centralized effort

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McDonald

closely related to technical engineeringdisciplines while Mullin’s are more closely related to non-technical skills like English, Art,Sociology, etc. Plumb and Scott (2000) discussed a process for developing performance basedoutcomes for engineering student writing assessment using portfolio collections of writingexamples from 13 students.Most recently, a variety of engineering educators have been promoting the use of, and using,electronic portfolios to collect and review student work. Reis (1998) described the StanfordUniversity Electronic Learning Portfolios project. This effort was intended to help individualscapture, organize, integrate and reuse the results of learning experiences throughout their careers.Rogers (1998) discussed the

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason White; Hardy Pottinger; Daryl Beetner; Vicki Eller

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Education” Figure 1: Suggested development timeline for a web seminar. There are many options available for advertising a seminar, depending on the fundingavailable for the project. Announcements can be made for free at conferences and meetings orthrough list-serves (i.e. newsgroups) that serve relevant areas if interest. On occasion, there arevarious web pages that may advertise your seminar for you. Advertisements can also bepurchased in trade magazines or conference bulletins. If funding is high enough, lists of namesand addresses may be purchased from trade magazines

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathryn Hollar; Marvin Harris; Kevin Dahm

sets the stage fordeveloping a culture in which lab safety is observed at all times. At Rowan, throughout thecourses for which this activity was designed, Junior/Senior Clinic (a research project course forundergraduates) and Unit Operations Laboratory, safe practices are tied to the students’ grades.In addition to requiring students to prepare HazOp reports for each laboratory experiment orproject, random safety checks are performed throughout the semester. This paper provides detailsfor delivering this introductory exercise, as well as student responses.IntroductionTraining students to practice safe behavior in the laboratory is essential to producing competentengineers. Creating students who instinctively and thoughtfully incorporate an

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Rogers; Ferdinand Walbaum

. 2Most Fachhochschulen have included a practical placement program in their courses, which meansone semester of [practical training in a company. Mostly during the main study program, studentsare expected to practice what they have learned with tasks and problems they will face duringtheir future, everyday professional experience. A degree thesis or final project covering a concreteprofessional problem to be completed in the last semester is often being developed in cooperationwith a company through this type of practical training. Small and medium-sized businesses areoften involved in these contacts with students, who frequently get their first career opportunitythrough their practical placement and degree thesis.The normal duration of studies

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

. These include: 1) active project-based learning inside and outside of the classroom, 2) increased student-teacher dialog, 3) horizontal and vertical integration of subject matter, 4) introduction of mathematical and scientific concepts in the context of engineering, and 5) the broad use of information technology.The causes of and proposed solutions to the dissatisfaction with the exposure to chemistry andother scientific disciplines for engineering students, without assigning blame, requires anexamination of the differences between a scientist and an engineer. A scientist is one whodiscovers new principles of nature through a systematic system of observation, experimentation,and study. An engineer puts the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Iken; Mahima Ashok; J.C. Lu; Alexander Quinn; Amy Pritchett; George Nickles

Engineering and, ultimately, distributed to the engineering educationcommunity at large.A related objective of this project is to lay the foundation for an integrated curriculum ininformation technology and E-business. As companies redefine their objectives and restructuretheir operations to compete more effectively in the E-business marketplace, there will beconsiderable demands for well-trained "knowledge engineers" that understand how to dobusiness electronically ("E-business") and how to synthesize large volumes of data into usefuldecision-making knowledge. Although there is a compelling need for education in informationtechnology and E-business, at present engineering programs are not commonly involved indeveloping courses or curriculum that

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Hudson

address the move from the instructor and students’ use of computers for acourse, to the instructor’s use of the computer in the classroom, to the “hands on” use bythe students in the classroom. The discussion on the evolution of the laptop use willinvolve issues such as software, websites, quizzes, participation, group projects,minimizing distractions, and setting policies on the laptop use. Information has beencollected on these subjects from various professors, informal class surveys, and a formalclass computer usage survey. The paper will address pros and cons of various techniquesas well as lessons learned.Computer Initiative BackgroundWith the cost of personal computers going down and performance going up, the trend hasbeen toward requiring

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Johnson Asumadu

ralph.tanner@wmich.edu ABSTRACT In this project, a new architecture called "Remote Wiring and MeasurementLaboratory (RwmLAB)" acts as a local multi-circuit board on a common distributed panelon the Internet. Matrix switching, data acquisition, data processing and analysis, andgraphical unit interface enabled device characterize the RwmLAB. Students are physicallyable to wire up electrical and electronics circuits at the host lab site using the Internetaccess and by means of a conventional circuit board. The data acquisition interfaceallows students to make measurements at the nodes. The data collected at the nodes aremade available on Web. The RwmLAB interface is greatly simplified by using a

Conference Session

Pedagogical Best Practices

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Navratil

(such as properties, structure andbonding, reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics), coordination and solution chemistry,behavior and speciation in the environment, separation and purification, chemistry of thenuclear fuel cycle and waste treatment and related topics. The lectures incorporatedmodern accelerated learning techniques, and class participation and special projects wereemphasized to enhance student comprehension and learning of the subject. This paperwill summarize these techniques and provide illustrations used in the class.INTRODUCTIONI believe that the process of learning and thinking is a complex combination of colors,pictures, scenarios, sounds and words. Multisensory ways of learning are effective sinceone stores auditory, visual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Newland; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kevin Dahm

avoided. In indus-trial reactors unwanted byproduct formation is a serious problem. In addition, considering by-product formation presents the engineer with an opportunity to employ the field of green chemis-try. With the advent of easy to use analytical instrumentation we believe that experiments in re-action engineering should now progress to examining systems with multiple reaction products.In this manner we will integrate new technology into reaction engineering experiments.Goals and ObjectivesThe goal of this project is to create reaction engineering experiments that are similar to industrialreactors in that they contain multiple chemical reactions. The instructional objectives for stu-dents completing these laboratories are listed below

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

large permanent space facilities.” 4 The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics currently has three graduate programsrelated to space: Astronautical Engineering, Space Operations, and Aerospace and InformationOperations. Broadly speaking, the goal of the space programs offered at AFIT is to providestudents with the technical knowledge necessary to conduct, develop and manage spaceprograms that increase the United States Air Force’s effectiveness in waging war. Aftergraduation, the assignments of AFIT graduates and the projects and programs they manage mighttypically include research on new concepts, development of program requirements, acquisitionof space systems, and operation of existing space systems. AFIT’s graduate education

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Clinton Martin; Peter Rogers; Salar Kamari

of Southern Mississippi, Chain Technology Center, 238, 118 College Dr., Hattiesburg, MS 39406; PH (601) 266-4032; email: mirsalar.kamari@usm.eduAbstractThe pandemic caused a shift in the way university courses are delivered in the United States.This forced many instructors and students into the online environment for the first time. Thisshift has to teachers looking for ways to enhance student learning using novel teaching methods.One approach uses a form of micro-learning, the micro-lecture, that shortens lectures intospecific concentrated topics. This paper summarizes the results of a project in which micro-lectures were used to enhance three required online courses with two sections each. Theoutcomes yielded several interesting

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Brian Patrick Murphy, SUNY Buffalo State University

Submarine Engineering Duty Officer, with project management and leadership experience in multiple engineering disciplines in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of US Navy ships and submarines. Brian also worked as Operations Manager for a specialty alloy and precious metal manufacturing company with a refinery on site. Education: Naval Engineer degree - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MS in Mechanical Engineering - MIT, and MS in Ocean Systems Management - MIT. Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology BS from Rochester Institute of Technology, and holds a Sustainability Advanced Certificate from the University of Buffalo. Licenses: Six-Sigma Blackbelt License from the

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Shannen Allado, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Lily G. Gossage, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

, has shown lasting impacts on student persistence and retention.and leadership opportunities in a global society. First-time students benefit from semi-structured activities that Acknowledgements build on interpersonal connections. Transfer students gain This project was supported by the Colleges of Engineering and

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Juan Zambrano; Patrick Gutierrez; David Espalin

wire into substratesproduced using various 3D printing methods. As with any project under development, there hasarisen a need for data acquisition for studying system performance. As a measure toward this end,graduate students working in UTEP’s W.M. Keck Center for 3D innovation have developed amulti-sensor system for their Ultrasonic Wire Embedder (USWE). The ultrasonic wire embedderis the primary device for performing the embed function and data acquisition is performed usingan accelerometer, load cell, and power supply.Under the NASA-MUREP program, the task was undertaken to produce a MATLAB basedapplication to filter, plot, and analyze the USWE data with the focus of identifying successfulembed events. Initial analysis of data waveform

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University

their failure was in isolated courses, not that their overall performance wasdeclining. The study however, did not consider dropped courses, which also protects student GPAsbut shows lack of academic progress.4Using the information about the MM provided by the EAB’s ‘The Murky Middle Project’, theUniversity of Pretoria in South Africa, conducted a study on first year biology students in hopes ofincreasing student retention. The study attempted to identify their MM population enrolled in a firstsemester for majors’ biology course from high school academic records, socio-economic status anddemographics. The study found that the most differentiating factor between the 3 groups, MurkyMiddle (MM), At Risk (AR), and Likely to Succeed (LTS), was their

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 7: Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Madison Schaefer

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

sections of the course were sent to faculty at Colorado School of Mines and STEMlibrarians across the United States and Canada for review. We sought feedback on organization,breadth of coverage, and content depth that can be incorporated in the ongoing development ofthe course. This paper describes the development of RIS, initial feedback received, and lessonslearned in the design process that could inform similar projects at other institutions.IntroductionFaculty and scholars, especially in the United States and United Kingdom, are encouraged todiversify their teaching materials, consider more inclusive approaches to content, and incorporateculturally-responsive examples into their courses [1]–[4]. However, little guidance exists on howto go

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Ken-ichi Nomura; Pratibha Dev; Aiichiro Nakano; Priya Vashishta; Tao Wei

to address Grand Challenge problems in materials genome—a daunting task that cannot beserved by traditional educational structures. Solution—CyberMAGICS (cyber training on materials genome innovation forcomputational software) infrastructure and course modules: To meet this educationalchallenge, our CyberMAGICS project trains a new generation of materials cyberworkforce whowill solve challenging materials genome problems through innovative use of advancedcyberinfrastructure at the exa-quantum-AI nexus. We develop and disseminate training modulesfor a new generation of quantum materials simulator named AIQ-XMaS (AI and quantum-computing enabled exascale materials simulator); see Fig. 1. Based on the MAGICS softwaresuite, AIQ-XMaS

Collection

2023 PSW

Authors

Mugizi Rwebangira

institutions and academic collaboration changes over time Cal UC Santa Poly Barbara Number of Students 22,000 26,000 Number of Instructional Faculty 1,400 1,208 Average Annual Increase in Researchers from 1991 to 2021 8.45% 3.41% Average Annual Increase in Collaborators from 1991 to 3.2% 1.5% 2021Future WorkThis work is ongoing and is part of a larger project to visualize and understand the nature ofacademic collaborations. Future work will consider additional fields of study beyond computing,race and

Conference Session

Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin M. Foley, Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan; Ashley M. Verhoff, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan; John J. Pitre Jr., Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan; Kathleen Marie Ropella, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

workshops. The room has fourquadrants with projection screens facing each quadrant. The instructor is constrained to a singlequadrant with an immobile workstation. The instructor’s desktop is projected on all the screensto allow students to see the commands and keystrokes used by the instructor. Each studentfollows the instructor’s lead to generate the desired results, making students active participants intheir learning. Student Computer Stations Instructor Computer Stations Projection Screen

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janis P. Terpenny, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

use photos, images, graphics, or word-art in your 3 slides. No more than 3 slides (1 for each question). Your first slide should highlight 1 to 3 things. These can be projects/accomplishments that are current or in the past; do not try and highlight your entire career/CV. b) Retreat Assignment 2012: be prepared to present (3-5 minutes maximum) your answer to the following question: What inspires you? Feel free to be creative in how you communicate this answer. You could show a single or small number of Power Point slides that might include photos, figures, or other ways of conveying what inspires you. You could bring music to share. You could tell a story or read a poem. Again, feel free to be

Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Janardhan Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin Madison; Xuan Zhang, University of Wisconsin - madison; Mehdi Shokoueinejad, University of Wisconsin Madison; John G. Webster PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Bioinstrumentation and has taken initiative to develop hands-on blended learning based courses on the same topics. His research interest is on global health and engineering and currently working on projects in Honduras, Ethiopia, India and Vietnam. He has received the Recognition Award for Achievement in Global Engaged Scholarship in 2013 through the Wisconsin Without Borders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Professor of the Year Award in 2012, through the Biomedical Engineering Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a number of teaching awards.Miss Xuan Zhang, University of Wisconsin - madison Xuan Zhang received her B.E. degree in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering from Harbin

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University (Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Siddharth Vyas, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Adrian A. Pollock, MISTRAS Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

engineers with a background in advanced and emergingtechnologies over the next decade has been clearly identified1-5. Engineering education ischanging, with its focus shifting from the traditional theory-based curriculum to team-basedlearning, problem solving with open-ended solutions, hands-on projects, and team-orientedcommunications6-9. Addressing the need for skilled technology workers is a required competitiveand survival strategy for most manufacturers10, 11.Drexel University is the leading institution of higher education in the Delaware Valley andGreater Philadelphia region that offers a bachelor of science (B.S.) degree in engineeringtechnology accredited by ABET. The ET program was initiated as a response to job- andeducation-related

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. D. Wilson, Purdue University; Michele Summers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Allen Gordon, Indiana Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

-innovation analysis argues, “that technological growth should be proportional topopulation size” (Ibid). And yet, population density actually causes innovation to grow fasterthan population size. Indeed, ‘Globalization’ is critical, entrepreneurially, to succeeding in theworldwide economy (Wilson, M.D., et al, 2013). Moreover, entrepreneurs need to understandGlobalization and that the evolution of the global economy has brought forth a competitiveworldwide marketplace delivering the benefits of reduced labor costs and lower operatingexpenditures, which could directly affect the product that they are developing3. UnderstandingGlobalization successful processes is important to both growth and innovation. The purpose ofany project or organization is

Conference Session

Advances in CAD with Emphasis on Dimensioning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Linjun Bu; Kejiang Liu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #9242Solid Modeling Strategies – Analyzing Student ChoicesHolly K. Ault Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute Holly K. Ault is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at WPI. She serves as director of the Melbourne (Australia) Project Center and co-director of the Assistive Technology Resource Center. She received her BS in chemistry, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1974, 1983 and 1988 respectively. Professor Ault has advised off-campus project students in London, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Windhoek (Namibia), San Jose (Costa Rica), Washington DC