Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Asad Davari; Amir Rezaei

intuition and judgment for problems, which couldnot been possible through traditional chalk and board techniques. Instead of presentingcomputational techniques in the classroom, it is now possible for the professor to focus on bothfundamental and advanced concepts and let the software packages do the computation andsimulation. Finally, these tools can make student who is “weak” analytically to get involved inundergraduate research and be motivated and achieve his/her highest goals. The newinstructional technology is at the heart of what today’s entering college students are familiar andcomfortable[1,2].West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) is the only institute of technologyin the State of West Virginia and is one of only two

Conference Session

Technological Literacy II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven VanderLeest

microprocessor. The button is also easily activated bya human finger. However, a button that is electrically connected so that a small physical pushwith the finger produces some action elsewhere in the machine (and often disproportionatelymore powerful) may not be the best interface. In fact, it is biased. The ease of initiating an actionwhich may be irrevocable – such as the trigger on a hand gun or clicking the “send” button in anemail program – can lead to poorly thought out yet morally significant decisions. Can wereverse engineer such a simple aspect of technology? We can infer some of the designspecifications. For instance, an input force leads to a binary electrical output. This explains partof the problem: the output is not a linearly

Conference Session

Innovative Hands-On Projects and Labs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Hall; Kelly Crittenden

, fabrication, and testing of a wooden trussmade from 3/8 inch and/or ¼ inch wooden dowels supported at the joints by smallwooden blocks. The truss span, which ranges from 30 inches to 50 inches, and the loadingconfiguration are varied each term. Three potential modes of failure are evaluated,including dowel fracture due to excessive axial stress, dowel pull-out due to shear failureof the glued joint, and dowel buckling for members in compression. Over the past coupleof years, we have developed experiments to quantify the tendency of a given member tofail in each of these three modes. Prior to initiating the truss design, students determine thestrength and modulus of the dowels, the shearing strength of the glued joints and thebuckling strength of the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William C. Beston; Sharon B. Fellows; Richard Culver

point for a learning project and discern relevant modes ofself-assessment and reporting. Formats and follow-through strategies are currently beingresearched to enable the DTeC staff to formalize these modules for fall 2000.In DTeC Communications, students develop professional presentation and writing skills.Because these are skill areas that need to be self-directed to be effective, instructional modulesare revised to be more in line with Knowle’s definition of self-directed learning1, whichrepresents many of the universal elements apparent in the SDL literature; students initiate thelearning, determine needs, set goals for learning, select strategies and, evaluate learningoutcomes.In the fall semester, students give two formal oral

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Klawunder; Blace Albert; Ozer Arnas

development team consistsof four rotating military faculty members and one civilian faculty member. Currently, two ofthese members teach thermodynamics, two teach fluid mechanics and one teaches heat transfer.These members include course directors from each of these courses. We chose to use thecommon engineering design process to design the Academy’s new thermal science course. Weadapted the design process to meet our course development needs. Figure 2 illustrates thecommon design process as it was used in course development.Problem Definition We initiated the course development process by defining the problem. This phase startedwith the work completed by the Engineering and Technology Goal Team, one of the nine goalteams that analyzed each

Conference Session

SE Tools and Techniques

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane Markstrum, Bucknell University; Gary M. Haggard, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2011-818: USING GRAPH THEORY VISUALIZATION TO MOTIVATESOFTWARE ENGINEERING CONCEPTSShane Markstrum, Bucknell University Shane Markstrum is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Bucknell University. His primary research focus is on the intersection of programming languages and software engineering–language tools. His recent work in this area includes the JavaCOP pluggable type framework for Java, and refactoring support in Eclipse for the X10 language. At Bucknell, he has taught the Introduction to Computer Science courses, as well as courses on the theory of computation and theory of programming languages. Prior to arriving at Bucknell, Prof. Markstrum received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA.Prof

Conference Session

Linking Engineering and Liberal Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4539: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDSYSTEM MODELINGDr. Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College Gayle Ermer is a professor of engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She teaches in the mechanical concentration in the areas of machine dynamics and manufacturing processes. Her master’s degree was obtained from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in manufacturing systems engineering (1987), and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University (1994). Her research interests include philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, and women in engineering. Page 25.1279.1 c

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Manion; Moshe Kam

cognitive and affective traits, will be“fixed” in childhood or shortly thereafter. Our experience shows us, however, that even thoughfamilial value-structures are strongly embedded in individuals, learning experiences in theUniversity do exert a strong influence on the value systems of students. As Lynch notes, we arenot trying to ‘teach’ ethics24; rather, as teachers, we seek to achieve the following: 1) providestudents an opportunity to discuss and debate ethical issues; 2) create an awareness of ethicalissues in the technical field; 3) provide the students with an exposure to these issues; and 4)encourage students to think about the broader, ethical, social, and environmental consequencesof their work. In fact, empirical research shows that

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Litzinger

control load, an electric dynamometer with resistors for load control and energydissipation, and a fan-brake. Many of these teams showed good creativity in their designs,especially when they sought to keep costs down. A common problem with the friction brakedesign was heat generation, which led the teams to do estimates of heat generation and heattransfer rates. Some groups had difficulty making such estimates and using their engineeringknowledge in the design process; this was particularly true for groups with lots of engineexperience. Initially their designs were based entirely on intuitive insights, but with somecoaching they began to use their analytical skills as well.Four teams that had chosen different designs, friction, hydraulic, fan

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

. The experiments show the principle of reverse osmosis and provide some introductionto the students on system design and applications.Both the coffee machine and reverse osmosis units are very effective tools to get studentsmotivated within the field of engineering!ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFunding for some of the curriculum development activities described above are funded by a grant from the DuPontFoundation. Funding for the new School of Engineering was initiated using a major gift in 1992 from the RowanFoundation (Rowan and Smith[22]).References1. Engineering Education for a Changing World, Joint project report by the Engineering Deans Council and Corpo- rate Roundtable of the American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC, 1994.2

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

uniform. However, asthe structure ages, gauging the strength of a corroded reinforcing bar embedded in concretebecomes very difficult.The most significant deterioration damage to reinforced concrete transportation structures is dueto rebar corrosion. Once the corrosion of rebar initiates and is not remedied, the expansion of thevolume of steel generates significant stresses which result in the expansion and cracking of theconcrete component. The cracking damages the component and the loose cover exposes therebars which leads to accelerated corrosion activity. Experts indicate that the average life of anexposed reinforced component without corrosion protection is five years. It is essential that thecorrosion activity in rebars is regularly

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tooley; Melissa S. Tooley

, and other activities ourselves. When Michael was offered the chance to go to NorthwestArkansas and take a home-based sales position, we jumped at the opportunity, and Melissa wentback to school to obtain her Ph.D., which was something she had always wanted to do. It alsogave us the flexibility we needed to spend more time with Kathryn. She still went to a pre-school program, but Melissa was able to pick her up by 3:00 PM most of the time. Graduationinto a faculty position presented lifestyle balancing challenges similar to the ones experienced inconsulting. Melissa initially accepted an Assistant Professor position at a large Research Iinstitution. While she enjoyed the atmosphere, students and faculty, there were concerns aboutkeeping a

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Udayan Das, Saint Mary's College of California; Christopher Isaac Fulton

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #41267An Experience Report on Reducing Barriers by Removing Prerequisites fora CS 1 Introductory Programming CourseDr. Udayan Das, Saint Mary’s College of California Udayan Das is an associate professor and program director in computer science. Dr. Das’s main area of research is Technical Language Processing (TLP). Current NLP approaches and LLMs are inadequate to dealing with the complexity of technical text that needs to be reasoned on in such a manner that the accuracy of the automated reading can be relied upon and the cross-referentiality of technical documentation can be captured. His current research is

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Marwan Abumahaimed; Joseph J. Rencis

. Experiential learning prepares students to visualize real lifeengineering problems and opens their minds to think more broadly and innovatively.Recent studies and research in undergraduate engineering programs proved that experientiallearning plays a key role in enhancing engineering students‟ analytical and problem solvingskills. The ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to identify,formulate, and solve engineering problems is a major point stressed in these articles.28,29According to these studies, most of the students‟ feedbacks was favored to apply what they Proceedings of the 2011 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Hani Sait; Hamzah Raja

where “Students must . 2be prepared for engineering practice through a curriculum culminating in a major designexperience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work and incorporatingappropriate engineering standards and multiple realistic constraints”[3]. ABET requiresprograms to show evidences that students has developed the “ability to design a system,component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic,environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability”[2]. Available research suggests that project-based learning (PBL), appears to

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher V.H.-H. Chen, Columbia University; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

as the problem thatis to be solved, why this problem is of global or environmental interest, initial ideas to solve thisproblem, and the significance of resolving this problem. A focus on what the real issues surroundtheir project topic and must address how their proposed design goals and decisions will take intoconsideration public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental,and economic factors. The teams need to perform research and make decisions on how theirproject topic currently affects these issues and how their designs will better their impact. This isan important foundation step in defining their problem and generating solutions for designprojects.Business Plan and Base Case Design. The business

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent Nelson, Northern Arizona University; Constantin Ciocanel, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1852: CONNECTING EXPERIMENT, THEORY, AND PHYSICALINTUITION IN HEAT TRANSFER WITH A LOW-COST SOLAR WATERHEATER DESIGN PROJECTBrent Nelson, Northern Arizona University Brent Nelson completed his PhD at GeorgiaTech performing interdisciplinary research at the intersection of thermal transport, materials science, and nanofabrication. Before joining the faculty at NAU in 2008, he served as a postdoctoral fellow in engineering education with the National Academy of Engineering CASEE program, during which he worked with the Center for Biologically-Inspired Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There he studied the use of Biologically-Inspired Design as a context for studying

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University; Greg Payne, Kansas State University; Trevor Heitman, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-1803: THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE PITOT-STATIC TUBE AND ITSCURRENT ROLE IN NON-IDEAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONSB. Terry Beck, Kansas State University B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University Terry Beck is a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University (KSU) and teaches courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. He conducts research in the development and application of optical measurement techniques, including laser velocimetry and laser-based diagnostic testing for industrial applications. Dr. Beck received his B.S. (1971), M.S. (1974), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in mechanical engineering from Oakland University.Greg Payne, Kansas State University Greg

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tia Sharpe; Robert Maher; James Peterson; James Becker; Bradford Towle

been our experience over the years that any newly developed course enjoys a period of the"Hawthorne Effect:" the new curriculum works well due to the noticeable effort and enthusiasmof the instructor and the willingness of the students to feel that they are contributing to thesuccess of the course. As time goes on, however, the initial spark and interest often gives way toroutine familiarity and the course effectiveness declines. This is particularly true if a lessenthusiastic instructor is assigned to teach the established course. Thus, we suggest that aprofessor contemplating the use of hands-on robot kits should first recruit several facultycolleagues to help work on the project. In this manner it is possible to sustain a degree

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Radha Balamuralikrishna; Kurt Rosentrater

Responsibilities Integrity, Engineers of Engineers Reliability7 Ethics in Risk, Safety, Global Issues Honesty Sample Research & Liability Engineering Experimentation Codes8 Doing the Right Engineers as Engineers as Responsibility Thing Employees Managers, Consultants, &

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

and teamwork-based with assessment embeddedat every stage. The module development process has been called the Module ArchitectureÓ, aterm that is in the process of being registered by the AIM Center.The Module Architecture Ó has been initially applied to the design of a novel curriculum for acomplete associate degree program in manufacturing engineering technology. 1 Because thecontent of the manufacturing engineering field is highly interdisciplinary, application of theresults of this project can easily be introduced in either manufacturing, mechanical, or industrialengineering technologies. For the purposes of this paper the following abbreviations for thesethree programs are used, MfgET, MET, and IET

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University; Ragu Athinarayanan, Southeast Missouri State University; Bradley J. Deken, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2514: DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN TECHNOLOGY CURRICU-LUMDeepak Gupta, Southeast Missouri State University Deepak Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Industrial & Engineering Technology department at South- east Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO. He received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. He is a Qualified Specialist in Process Heating, Steam, and Compressed Air Systems (certified by the US Department of Energy), a Certified Quality Engineering (ASQ-CQE), and a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. His research interests include Industrial Energy and Waste Reduction, Industrial Productivity Enhancement, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Lean

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Elaine Seat; Fred Weber; Daniel C. Yoder; Christopher D. Pionke; J. Roger Parsons

are 150 students who volunteered for the engage program and about 300students in the "traditional" program. The same demographics mentioned above were matchedbetween the two groups. The two sample sizes are large enough that statistical meaningfulcomparisons will be made between the groups. Results of these comparisons should beavailable in the fall of 1999.Despite the lack of hard statistics at this point, the results from the 1997-98 academic year arevery encouraging. The new integrated approach to teaching statics and dynamics as outlined inthe engage program works and works well. The initial comparison data presented hereindicates that students develop a better understanding of mechanics through this approach. Inaddition, they are also

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Cortina

Session 2632 A Quantitative Approach for Choosing a Procedural Programming Language in Freshman Programming Thomas J. Cortina Polytechnic UniversityAn important problem that colleges and universities continue to struggle with is the choice ofprogramming language for the first programming course. During the summer of 1996, I ran anexperiment to gain quantitative information concerning how well high-school students notfamiliar with programming adapt to four different procedural programming languages (Pascal,ADA95, C, and C++). The goal of this research is

Conference Session

Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce College; Tiffany Reardon

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Paper ID #5800Strengthening Community College Engineering Education Through Collab-oration and TechnologyDr. Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College Amelito Enriquez is a professor of engineering and mathematics at Ca˜nada College. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include technology-enhanced instruction and increasing the representation of female, minority and other under- represented groups in mathematics, science and engineering.Elizabeth Paderi Cheung, Los Angeles Pierce CollegeMs. Tiffany Reardon

Conference Session

Introducing New Methodologies and the Incoming Students to Engineering Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Kyle H Wong, Singapore American School

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #6416The State of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Engineering Educa-tion: Where do we go from here?Dr. Flora S Tsai, Singapore University of Technology and Design Dr. Flora Tsai is a lecturer at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and an associate lecturer at Singapore Institute of Management (UniSIM). She has over eleven years of teaching experience for undergraduate software engineering subjects. She was a graduate of MIT, Columbia University, and NTU. Dr Tsai’s current research focuses on developing intelligent techniques for data mining in text and social media. Her recent awards

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhilasha Tibrewal; Tarek Sobh

operating system functions is the focus ofthis work. Our work marks a new approach to teaching and studying operating systems design processes. The fourspecific operating system functions studied are those of CPU scheduling, memory management,deadlock/synchronization primitives and disc scheduling. The aim of the study is to first introduce and discuss themodules in light of previous research, discuss in details the affecting parameters and their interaction and attempt tooptimize some of the lesser-established parameter-performance relationships by way of simulations. Results of thesimulations of the four functions are then analyzed in light of specific parameters and the effect they have on theoverall system performance. System performance is

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

being said, there may be someimpact to the students’ positive or negative reactions. The impact of the virtual modality willlargely be ignored for the paper.This work was reviewed and approved by Wentworth Institute of Technology’s InstitutionalReview Board for human subjects in research.3 Literature Review and Related WorkResubmissions and Multiple Attempts: There are numerous previously published worksaddressing a policy of allowing students to submit incorrect or incomplete work multipletimes [1, 3, 9, 20, 21, 23, 25, 29, 32], but each varies in its focus or implementation. Moore andRanalli tracked the faculty time and impact for a mastery-based approach to homework, allowingtwo resubmissions per student [25, 29], which is especially

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George Frederick Halow, University of Michigan; Maia E. Herrington, University of Michigan; Melanie Spare, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Shannon O'Donnell, Siemens Digital Industries Software; Gilbert Morris, Retired (formerly Siemens)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

many organizations desire for leaders of their technical organizations. This problem is not new, and is not isolated to the University of Michigan, but we now see initiatives spearheaded by Professors Tony Waas and George Halow to address this, and we are delighted by it. ” —Kevin Michaels, Managing Director of Aerodynamic Advisory consulting firm, and University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering Industrial Advisory Board Chair ● “Academic institutions around the world are doing an outstanding job of preparing Engineers for the technical challenges they’ll face. What’s missing is that the process of engineering has changed dramatically. No longer do engineers work in isolated teams

Conference Session

Hands-On Projects and Demos

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

biochemical engineering electives (Lab Techniques, Pro- tein Engineering, etc.). His research focuses on developing novel blood substitutes and optimizing gene therapy treatments.Dr. Daniel Adam Kraut, Villanova University Daniel A. Kraut is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Villanova University and teaches in the Bio- chemistry Program. He received a B.A. in Biochemistry from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in Bio- chemistry from Stanford University. Dr. Kraut studies the mechanism of protein degradation by the proteasome. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 3D Printing & Arduino in the Chemical Engineering Classroom: Protein Structures, Heat Exchangers