,environmental scientist, and geologist colleagues of the Center for Coastal Studies often need toinvestigate and analyze the after effects of such events at near real time. The vendors of satelliteimages are often unable to meet the desired temporal and spatial resolution. In addition to being Page 10.142.1costly, commercial airborne remote sensing systems have to be deployed at the scene ofinvestigation as soon as possible for data to be useful for studies and research. The remainder of Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Eduction Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society
. Her current work is focused on exploring pedagogical moves and interactions within university makerspaces to create a theoretical lens to info ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Student Staff Reason for Using a University MakerspaceAbstractThe purpose of this research paper is to investigate the experiences and interactions of studentstaff in university makerspaces. Student-run university makerspaces are uniquely primed forcurating culture through peer interactions. Student staff in university makerspaces can runtrainings, develop programs, and support the student staff hiring process, which ultimately canaffect student experience in the maker space. Interactions in university
encounter as engineers in the workforce. The students had to apply the knowledge learnedin their mechanical engineering experimentation, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanicscourses towards solving engineering problems. The students also needed to learn how to worktogether as a team by combining their particular specialties. The students were often working ondifferent projects, each with a separate focus. However, successful completion of each individualproject, as well as successful development of the laboratory, was only possible by joint solution ofproblems relating to overlapping projects. Page 5.283.15
purchasing common household objects5.Additive Manufacturing Course (3-0-3)A new course on 3D Modeling and Rapid Prototyping has been developed and offered as asenior level elective course to all engineering students. The catalog description of the courseincludes the following:Product design, CAD and related software; basic principles, development,process chain of additive manufacturing; photopolymerization processes; powder based fusionprocesses; extrusion-based systems; printing processes; sheet lamination processes; beamdeposition processes; direct write technologies; design for additive manufacturing; guidelines forprocess selection; software issues and direct digital manufacturing; medical applications; postprocessing; use of multiple materials
. The least experience student had worked for thecompany for eight years.These students had no doubts about the existence of formal structures in their manufacturingorganization. They had been working with such structures for many years. For this group ofstudents, the course material often presented ideal concepts, to which they compared theircompany. Often the comparisons were favorable or neutral. Formal job descriptions,organizational charts, design reviews, concurrent engineering, quality assurance methods,production planning, inventory control, preventative maintenance programs, and performancereviews were all accepted practice in their workplace. The students pointed out with some pridethat “work study” methods were even being used to
concepts, operation, programming, interfacing, andapplication developments of industrial robots, robotics kinematics, control theory, sensory, andvision systems. Robotics Interfacing Engineering is taught as a 300 level course to introducerobot actuators, sensory, fundamentals of control theory, and the integration of robot systems.This course integrates the engineering design of a specific robotics problem and implementationin the laboratory. The problem involves industrial engineering techniques, hardware interfacing,software interfacing, and control devices for designing and building an autonomous robot. Aninterdisciplinary approach is used. Recently, vision system technology has been introduced inthis course as a new component for students to
research, andthe unprepared student. To continue to encourage talking about classroom practice we invited faculty to meetinformally with us to continue discussions generated by the teaching seminars or to discuss any issues related toteaching. These meetings are planned for alternate weeks with the scheduled seminars.IV. TIPS ON STARTING A SIMILAR PROGRAM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION If you don't have such a program at your institution the following are some ideas and suggestions to helpyou get started. First of all you need support at the Dean's level and above, preferably up to the Provost. Wecannot over emphasize the importance of the administration setting the tone that teaching and learning arevalued and important for professional
include graphics, haptics, virtual reality and human computer interaction.Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University Ms. Paris Stringfellow is a Research Assistant in the department of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA. She is currently pursuing her PhD degree and her research area is human factors focusing on visual inspection, training and ergonomics.Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech Mr. Carl Washburn is currently the Director of the Aircraft Maintenance Program at Greenville Technical College. He has extensive aviation maintenance technology experience in developing curriculum material and his research interests include using technology/distance learning focused on
States. Long standing work has addressed product modeling, variant design, product life-cycle management, interdisciplinary ECAD-to-MCAD integration, design-with-manufacture integration, standardized product data exchange, knowledge management as well as virtual engineering, digital enterprise technology and systems integration. Dr. Schaefer’s current research is focused on the Scholarship of Integration and the Scholarship of Education. His contributions to the Scholarship of Integration concern the highly topical area of Designing Mechatronic Systems. In his research, Dr. Schaefer addresses questions related to the integration of design domains, domain-specific CAD and CAE
on isolating the calcium load versus route hypothesis in hippocampal neurons exposed to ischemic stroke conditions. Prior to her postdoctoral appointment, she worked in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engi- neering as a graduate researcher isolating the role of biomechanical and biochemical cues in cartilage cells that were encapsulated in photopolymerizable hydrogels. She earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez. Dr. Villanueva has been an active participant of out- reach activities for minority students and students with disabilities interested in science and engineering through the Colorado Diversity Initiative, PROMISE program in the University of
to promoting student success bycommunicating the expectation of regular attendance and participation in classes. This policyserves as a guide that instructors and students should use to appropriately address student absencefrom class. It identifies steps that may be taken by instructors when absences or missed assignmentsare unexcused, and the circumstances and steps for students and instructors to take when absencesor missed assignments are officially permitted.”From the creation of engineering programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio in fall 1982until mid-1990s, instructors had the freedom of administratively drop those students who were notattending lectures or were not submitting their homework assignments. In mid-1990s the
from MATLAB to real-time hardware isoften the expense and a steep learning curve for the students. This paper describes a real-time DSPsonar educational platform based around the programming ease of MATLAB and the low-costTexas Instruments C6711 digital signal processing starter kit. Classroom uses of this platform arediscussed; the software is available at http://www.usna.edu/EE/links/ee_links.htm.1. IntroductionThe components of a DSP-based sonar system (phased-array transmitter/receiver; beamformer;time-gain compensation, multi-rate sampling, quadrature demodulation, filtering, imageprocessing, Doppler velocity estimate, etc) are at the heart of numerous military and commercialsystems. In addition to sonar systems, these components can be
degrees in Manufacturing Engineering from Western Illinois University and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Technology, Jamaica. Her research interest is eliciting conceptual understanding of AC circuit concepts using active learning strategies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Teaching Circuit Concepts Using Evidence-based Instructional Approaches: A Systematic ReviewAbstractAn educational strategy is evidence-based if objective evidence is used to inform the design ofan academic program or guide the instructional practices. Studies show that the unsatisfactoryperformance of engineering graduates in competency
AC 2007-2144: CAN-BASED FIELDBUS EXPERIMENTSSri Kolla, Bowling Green State University Sri Kolla is a Professor in the Electronics and Computer Technology Program at the Bowling Green State University, Ohio, since 1993. He worked as a Guest Researcher at the Intelligent Systems Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, 2000-‘01. He was an Assistant Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, 1990-‘93. He got a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Toledo, Ohio, 1989. His teaching and research interests are in electrical engineering/technology area with specialization in artificial intelligence, control systems, computer networking and
]. Many educational research programs also draw on these communities torecruit future scholars [4, 5]. These dynamics are evident in engineering education research, afield that initially developed from public exchanges between [6-8] and explicit efforts ofpassionate engineering educators [9, 10].Other disciplinary contexts have explored the value of, and challenges associated with, moredeeply involving educators in educational scholarship [11-13]. Several scholars have explored anepistemological facet of teachers’ participation in two distinct but related worlds through thetensions between the applied focus of educational practice and the orientation of educationalresearch toward generating abstract knowledge claims in the sense of a “pure
Paper ID #39981A SwarmAI Testbed for Workforce Development and Collaborative,Interdisciplinary ResearchMartha Cervantes, Johns Hopkins University Martha Cervantes is a Mechanical Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labora- tory where she works in mechanical design and integration of robotic systems. Additionally, Martha is the project manger of the CIRCUIT Program at JHU/APL, which connects and mentors students from trailblazing backgrounds to STEM careers through science and engineering projects. Martha received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and she is currently
Session 3659 Laser Induced Fluorescence Imaging Of Thermal Damage in Polymer Composites Using LabView and IMAQ Vision Asad Yousuf, P.E Professor, Electronics Engineering Technology Savannah State UniversityABSTRACTPolymer-composites (PMC’s) are becoming increasingly important in the production of highperformance vehicles and aircraft, where their low weight and high mechanical strength,combined with advancements in manufacturing technology, ensure increased use for a variety ofapplications. Of
Michigan. At Michigan, he was a member of the Ultrafast Laser - Material Interaction Laboratory and the Engineering Honors Program. He also served as an instructor for several courses including Introduction to Engineering, Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing, and Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials.Dr. Robin Fowler, University of Michigan Robin Fowler is a lecturer in the Program in Technical Communication at the University of Michigan. She enjoys serving as a ”communication coach” to students throughout the curriculum, and she’s especially excited to work with first year and senior students, as well as engineering project teams, as they navigate the more open-ended communication decisions
Paper ID #18373Molding the Interactive Flipped Classroom Based on Students’ FeedbackDr. Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo Dr. Al-Hammoud is a Faculty lecturer (Graduate Attributes) in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Al-Hammoud has a passion for teaching where she con- tinuously seeks new technologies to involve students in their learning process. She is actively involved in the Ideas Clinic, a major experiential learning initiative at the University of Waterloo. She is also re- sponsible for developing a process and assessing graduate attributes at
diagram. Fig. 3 shows the unique vector paths in different colors. 3 engineering tools and practices: the SCRUM project management methodology [x], Doxygen [xi], code reviews, and Mob Programming [xii]. The research scientists were not familiar with the SCRUM project management
, biomedical companies, or go on to the medicalprofessions, they are almost certain to encounter optical technologies for diagnosis, sensing andtherapy. It is expected that optical science and optical technology will be at the forefront ofdevelopment of new enabling technologies and devices both in the basic science labs as well asin a clinical setting. Thus, several programs around the country, including ours, are activelyworking on course development in the area of Biomedical Optics. At Vanderbilt University wehave developed a senior Biomedical Engineering elective course entitled ‘Introduction toBiomedical Optics’. In this context, Biomedical Engineering is defined as ‘the use of light fromthe far-ultraviolet through the visible into the infrared
Session 2520 A Fuzzy Knowledge-Based Controller to Tune PID Parameters Ali Eydgahi, Mohammad Fotouhi Engineering and Aviation Sciences Department / Technology Department University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD 21853AbstractIn this paper integration of fuzzy knowledge-based control with the hard controltechnique is purposed. The fuzzy knowledge-based is implemented as a set of fuzzyrules with an inference mechanism to tune the PID controller in the system. Asoftware is developed in which users can define the rule base. The program generatesthe fuzzy decision table based on all
Learning at Minnesota State University Mankato. He has been a professor at this institution for 34 years and deals with numerous programs that aid teaching and leaning. He is also the senior associate with Dee Fink & Associates, a small company that delivers course design and other workshops across the country and internationally at colleges and universities. Page 22.569.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Engaged in Thermodynamics – Addressing the Student to Learning Material InterfaceI. Introduction and Project BackgroundThis paper will
software development tools. They are able to program using assembly and Clanguages, and apply necessary software and hardware interface for hands-on applications. Infact, most microcontrollers are capable of performing basic digital signal processing (DSP) taskssuch as digital filtering. Therefore, in this paper, we first proposed a simple DSP platform, whichconsists of the low-cost 68HC12 microcontroller, a signal condition circuit, and a digital-to-analog converter device for teaching the DSP course. Using the proposed DSP platform, wepresent our instructional techniques for digital filter implementations and related applications.Our student survey results regarding an adoption of the 68HC12 microcontroller for teachingDSP show that the
Infusing a Series of Motor Lab Exercises and Projects into the FreshmanCircuits CourseAbstractThe "Introduction to Electrical Engineering Technology," commonly referred to as the FreshmanCircuits Course, is a comprehensive program encompassing three modules—Electrical Circuits,Microcontroller Applications, and Digital Circuits. Developed ten years ago, the originalfunction of the 4.5-hour lecture-lab course presented in two sessions per week, each one for2hourse and 15 minutes long, was to introduce freshman students to the subject of EET byfocusing on the early portions of the sophomore year DC circuits course at a relaxed pace.Another purpose was to have freshmen connect with EET faculty before their sophomore year. Inrecent semesters
. Homework: During each Friday class (excluding the weeks before the midterms and the final exams) students were assigned 2-3 test-bank questions related to the material discussed during past week. Appendix A shows examples of such questions. Neatly handwritten or typed solutions were due at the Wednesday lecture of the following week. Off-campus students submitted homework solutions via email (optionally in Word or PDF). Homework was accepted only until the end of the class on the following Friday (with 20% penalty forProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 5
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests lie in the areas of vehicle control, control and diagnosis of discrete- event systems, modular and hierarchical control, and engineering education. Dr. Hill also has a strong interest in diversifying the STEM pipeline and leads the innovating Detroit’s Robotics Agile Workforce (iDRAW) program in partnership with underserved Detroit-area high schools. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Employing live scripts for implementing virtual laboratories and activities Richard Hill Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Detroit
experience in the aerospace industry beginning at Timco Aviation as an airframe structure mechanic. Following his time at Timco, he joined Pratt and Whitney as a test engineer for the F135 military engine STOVL and CTOL program for F35 Joint Strike Fighter and also worked for Radiall Aerospace in New Haven, CT. Dr. Zouhri received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University, MBA from Southern Connecticut State University and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University. Dr. Zouhri’s research interests include nanomaterials characterizations and testing, materials’ behavior at high temperature for a propulsion system, materials corrosion and prevention, non
mentoring people in their first few years on thejob. The wide variety of fellowship programs that have been started in the last five years offer Page 10.1022.2an example of this. As a profession, we are focusing the majority of our developmental effortson people in the early years of their career. “However, as useful as these programs are for Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationinculcating new professional librarians into the library’s culture and in retaining them beyond theprobationary period
different level groups were formed: one elementary group, three pre-intermediate groups, and one intermediate group. The on-line tests of Education First were used [4]. The total number of faculty who studied English during the academic year was 59. The faculty, who participated in the program, came from different structural subdivisions of the university representing diverse background and expertise: • Rubber and Elastomer Technology and Processing (FRETP) • Petroleum and Petrochemistry (FPPC) • Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies (FNNT) • Chemical Technologies (FCT) • Mechanical (MF) • Power Engineering and Technological Equipment (FPETE) • Design and Software Engineering (FDSE) • Light Industry Technology and