Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Robert Alfaro

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #7789Building Wireless Sensor Networks with ZigbeeDr. Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, PomonaRobert Alfaro Page 23.263.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Building Wireless Sensor Networks with ZigbeeThe microprocessor sequence courses are among the important and challenging courses thatstudents take in the electronics, computer, and biomedical engineering curriculum; these coursesalso lay the foundation for capstone senior projects. The practical, but abstract, programmingconcepts in embedded

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Erekson

, operation, maintenance, management, and assessment of technological products and systems, emphasizing the abilities that each of these tasks demands. (p. 10) 6 The Standards require that students learn both the theoretical base for design and itsapplications. The word “design” suggests action or actions, but actions without a theoreticalbase can become an exercise in futility. Likewise, providing only the theoretical base forengineering design without purposeful experiences offers the students a shallow understanding.Dugger noted this: A student can be taught in a lecture about the design process, for example, but the ability to actually use the design process and to apply it for finding a solution to a technological

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Walter Massie

is most common in US universities.Realizing that most US universities will not change their ways so drastically, the paper describesand analyzes experiences with several other and less far-reaching ways in which industrial guestshas been brought into Delft University of Technology curricula:1. Provide a single lecture period as part of a course.2. Provide specific expertise for a course exercise.3. Teach an entire course.4. Coach a thesis - along with university staff.5. Participate - as quasi-student - in university-taught classes.Experiences with each of these will be described, but more importantly, lessons learned from theexperiences and the methodology for improvement of the utilization of industrial practitionerswith students will also

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Hunter

their problem solutions.15 Vignettes thatprovide such connections can be used to make engineering courses more appealing to femalestudents, perhaps improving the retention of women engineering students. This is especiallyimportant in introductory courses where the students form their initial impressions of theengineering profession. In addition to the female students, other engineering students withstrong ties to the humanities, such as musicians, may find certain vignettes appealing.Vignettes may also be designed to incorporate active learning opportunities, an excellenttechnique for maintaining student interest and attention. Having students act out a scene from aplay or sing a song can be a great way to energize a class and have a little

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rocco Ciccolini; Robert Barat

should include optics researchand education (NSF, 1994). In addition to bulk optics (e.g. lens, mirrors, mounts), modern appliedoptics experiments provide students with exposure to computers and electronics for dataacquisition and manipulation as they explore phenomena in the sciences and engineering (Barat etal., 1998). Fluid mechanics, of interest to many engineering students, is an important phenomenon thatcan be investigated optically. For example, the recognition by chemical engineering (ChE) studentsthat real reaction vessels might not be "ideal" due to fluid mechanical issues can be a rudeawakening. In some universities, undergraduate ChE programs include in their senior laboratorycourses a tubular flow reactor experiment that

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Case Studies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Trussell

. Thoroughinformation literacy training will inherently require the patron to critically evaluate the entireinformation access process and subsequently enable the user to more effectively consider theeconomic, legal, social and ethical issues of using the information.The StudentDr. Fred Newton, Director of University Counseling Services at Kansas State University, hasbeen professionally observing the behaviors of students for over 30 years. Dr. Newton concludesthat the ‘millennial student’ truly is different due to the infusion of technology beginning about1980. Most students today have grown up with the computer as a part of their worlds ofrecreation and education. Dr. Newton believes this generation is the most informed generation tohave ever lived on the

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Burbank

sequential digital circuits course, after thestudents had taken a linear circuits course, both at the junior level. For most students, this wastheir first exposure to mixed digital-linear circuits, and the first circuit that they had to reverseengineer. The directed design approach is used as a prelude to the senior design projects. Whilethe circuit is straightforward, it serves to reinforce the students’ knowledge of linear and digitalcircuits, their ability to analyze and design simple state machines, and their schematic captureand laboratory skills.IntroductionA key tenet for engineering technology is hands-on experiential learning. For ElectricalEngineering Technology (EET), this most often translates into building, testing, andtroubleshooting

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kit Pun; Anesa Hoesin

that is used to categorize articles by theirmain fields of application. Using an application example of “decision models for agribusinessoperations and engineering”, the fields of the system are categorized into 1) decision models inagribusiness operations, 2) decision models in engineering systems, 3) computer applications inagribusiness operations, and 4) computer applications in other related industries. A cataloguing form is created based on the data fields of the main cataloguing table (seefigure 4). Using a set of specifically designed syntax, data is inputted directly in both journaltable and article group table. Data field naming must be determined and data must be normalizedwherever possible to ensure a quick sorting and retrieval

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael McGeen

eye level to visualize what it might be liketo stand in front of the building. A model, if done well, can sell a design better than anydrawing. At MSOE we use a number of computer aided design (cad) packages that can producea virtual tour of a design project. A couple of years ago one of our student design teamsproposed that they build a virtual model of their project and produce a movie “walk through” forfinal presentation to the client. The other three design teams presented physical models of theproject. The cad model, rendered with lighting and materials, took about the same amount oftime to build. In the end, however, the most striking feedback from the client was that it wouldhave been nice if this team had made a model like the other

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

research funding available to support the research work of scientists,engineers, and professors within the institutions of higher learning. Research funding sourcesare scattered under a variety of subjects, such as health and biomedical sciences, arts,humanities, social sciences and education. Such funding sources also include science andengineering. Many of the existing research funding sources are not listed separately accordingto discipline. Because of this lack of identity of sources covering particular subjects, theresearcher must spend much time and effort searching out the sources that include the subjectrelating to his/her line of expertise. There are also many sources of fellowships, internships,and scholarships available for both faculty

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan M. Blanchard

, with 7 hours of biological science that were notdouble counted with engineering topics.One of the factors that influenced the decision to move from BAE 235 to BIO 125, in addition tothe drop in student satisfaction with the 3-hr course and the problems with space allocation forthe lab, was the difficulty encountered with introducing engineering content into BAE 235.Students who were on track within the BE degree program had completed 8 hours of physics, 8hours of inorganic chemistry, 12 hours of calculus, 3 hours of introduction to biologicalengineering and computing, and 4 hours of statics when they took BAE 235. Thus, even if theywere on schedule, which many of them were not, they had only completed 7 hours ofengineering courses and had very

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorcan Folan; Gunter Georgi

Unites States Federal Bureau ofInvestigation. This contract calls for the design of a robot or vehicle that is able tonavigate an obstacle course. The robot will be made from parts sourced from theRobolab kits and be built according to a project plan. Upon completion of this project thegroup will have designed a robot according to the specifications given below, presentedthe robot with a budget estimate, project plan, and full two-dimensional drawings to thecustomer. The group will also have built a model of the robot and competed against theother groups for the production contract.Students learn about uncertainties in design: variation in battery power, traction, motorspeeds, sensors, pressure connections (fitted assemblies allow faster

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher M. Greene, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott J. Anson P.E. P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

and the Robotics in Computer IntegratedManufacturing (CIM) course curriculum required restructuring to enhance the student learningexperience. The course consists of one class section and one laboratory section. The focus ofthis effort was to restructure the laboratory section and improve the laboratory area andequipment which had not been previously improved [1]. Page 22.1248.2Teaching PhilosophyThe Robotics in CIM course serves as an introduction to robotics and programming systemsprimarily for engineering technology students and as a technical for elective for the university.However, the course includes other elements such as teamwork and

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorja Kimball, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Margaret Hobson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Information Technol- ogy in the Teaching and Learning of Science (ITS Center). Dr. Hobson also has extensive experience in evaluation. Prior to joining TEES, Dr. Hobson taught mathematics and special education in three Texas public school districts between 1976 and 2000. Page 22.1695.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Women and time to completion of an Engineering Baccalaureate at Texas A&M University: Women and sub-groups of Women Finishing Core Coursework FasterIntroductionIn addition to the rising cost of college attendance, higher education administrators

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Anderson, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

limited or no experience in differential equations. At mostuniversities, the comprehensive treatment of engineering statics and dynamics does not beginuntil the second year. Consequently, any background of statics and dynamics usually stems froma general physics courses taken in secondary school.The technical approach offered in this paper is to replace complicated performance predictiontechniques with simple analytical expressions and pre-computed design charts. For example,students can readily estimate the ballistic coefficient of a rocket configuration, and then predictits apogee altitude using a design chart. This type of performance prediction is normallycompleted by numerically solving the associated differential equations of motion

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, UT Southwestern Medical School; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

clinicalconsultation and opinion, rather it is intended to be an early monitoring and warning tool whichwill aid in diagnosis of certain aspects of critical care and emergency medicine. This interactiveteaching module will be highly beneficial since it will facilitate progressive learning of studentsby enhancing their understanding of clinical EEG parameters and their relationship withdifferential diagnosis of the patients.IntroductionThe advances in computing have given a new meaning to the term applied signal processing.Enhanced methods are becoming available to users with little mathematical background.Adaptive time frequency approximations of signals with known algorithms and implementationof the matching pursuits is computer intensive. This inhibited

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Wei Lin; Sharon Cobb; Floyd Patterson; Carol Davis; Robert Pieri; G. Padmanabhan

representatives, NDSU engineering faculty and GDC director discuss how to develop aresponse to this RFP with five TCCs, address the diversity among the TCC sites, and meet thetime constraints, travel distances and the demanding schedules of the TCC and NDSUrepresentatives. A decision is made to use an electronic discussion tool available in the GroupDecision Center on the NDSU campus.The Group Decision Center is a conference room with a computer network and electronicmeeting software. This software is designed to gather ideas, discuss and reach consensus in ananonymous and simultaneous electronic discussion and provide a complete report of all theideas, discussion and all polling results. This tool enhances discussions by providing a levelfield for all

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine A. Liapi

geometry provides the tools to design systems andsubsystems of order, hierarchies, and patterns and ultimately to describe the building asa complex network. Obviously, dimensional coordination in the design process isessential in the fabrication and construction processes as well.The role of geometry in the education of the architectural engineer is an old one. Yet,with the advent of computers, which replaced many of the manual graphical processestraditionally taught to engineers, and the increased need for specialized courses, the indepth study of geometry has been downplayed in the curricula of most architecturalengineering programs. As a result, low performance in geometric conceptualization andvisualization has been often identified as a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William G. Fahrenholtz; Mohamed N Rahaman

Page 5.678.1appreciation for laboratory practice. Furthermore, it is important that students learn and refinelaboratory skills in order to perform effectively in their future careers in industry or academia.This paper outlines the undergraduate laboratory program in Ceramic Engineering at UMR. Acoordinated series of laboratory classes has been developed to provide students with a practicalbackground to complement the knowledge that they acquire in lecture courses. A summary of thelaboratory courses is given in Table 1. It should be pointed out that the academic schedule atUMR is based on the semester system with courses offered in Fall and Winter terms.Table 1: Laboratory courses in Ceramic Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Chinowsky

level civil engineeringstudents, Business Fundamentals for Civil Engineering and Engineering Organizations. Bothof the courses are open to senior-level undergraduates as electives. The Business Fundamentalscourse is a required course for graduate construction management student. The EngineeringOrganizations course is an elective for graduate students. The focus of these courses is the studyof corporate level management issues through a combination of in-class lectures, case-studyanalysis, and the development of new engineering industry organizations. Although thesecourses do not replace the need for a broader integration of management into the engineeringcurriculum, the lessons learned from these courses may provide a starting point for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy M. Weise; Daniel J. Biezad

a system like this built, it can be used in many ways to enhance the learning processat Cal Poly: Some of the uses include demonstrating the effects of changing the control gains,performing lab exercises to design a control system with the given architecture, or adding evenmore functionality. Since it was designed for expandability, adding more functionality or evenhardware would be a relatively simple process. More sensors, such as accelerometers, level indi-cators, or possibly a GPS receiver (weight permitting) could be connected to the hardware. Also,the firmware could be modified to add functionality, change the control laws, or a variety ofother applications

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

. One commonlyaccepted view is to assume that industry will provide the funds and a technical problem, and thatthe university will generate the solution (e.g., in terms of a report). Such a philosophy is not Page 2.205.1optimal, since there is much to be learned from both sides during the problem formulation aswell as problem solution stages. As with any relationship, the success of a joint research effortbetween industry and academia is built upon trust. Both sides must believe that their partner iswilling to work with them and can be trusted.Identify Needs The most obvious part of developing a successful project is to identify the

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Horenstein, University of Denver; Daniel D. Auger, University of Denver

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

teams to address the needs of a customer. Atour institution, senior design is a three-part course series that takes place over three consecutive10-week academic quarters. During that time, our students work on interdisciplinary teams toprovide solutions for a customer/sponsor need. The number of mechanical engineering (ME),electrical engineering (EE), and computer engineering (CpE) students working on a given designproject depends on the project’s scope and is determined by the course instructors in consultationwith the project sponsors. Team sizes vary depending on project complexity, but commonly arebetween 4-6 students. After finalizing the required number of ME, EE, and CpE students foreach project, the instructors start the team assignment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and 3Pilot tests of the SDSQ-E were administered twice in Year 2, and the results of the fall datacollection were presented in last years’ grantees poster session [15]. In Year 3, data werecollected in the fall from two institutions. The research design and instruments were approved bythe Institutional Review Boards of both focal sites before data collection began in both Years 2and 3.Participants in Year 2 were N = 104 doctoral engineering students in the fall survey. N = 89 ofstudents participated in the spring distribution of the survey. Participants completed surveys onthe Canvas learning management system, where digital consent was also obtained. Participants ineach survey offering (fall and spring) were offered remuneration into a

Conference Session

Effective Projects and Experiments in Instrumentation and Control

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Jeff Kesling

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

following: Physical Overview Hardware and Software Design Results Future Directions Page 22.1302.3Physical OverviewOver the past few years, we have seen numerous changes in the microprocessor andmicrocontroller market. Motorola stopped the development of its popular 8-bit 68HC11microcontroller for approximately 10 years. With these advancements in technology, modernsystem design requires the use of advanced microcontroller chips and tools. Several newcompanies have emerged in the microcontroller market to meet the complex designrequirements. A PIC microcontroller is a single chip computer that is commonly found ineveryday

Conference Session

Improving Visualization Skills

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 44, 288-291.Cohen, L., Manion, L., Morrison, K. 2007. Research Methods in Education, London, Routledge.Dreyfus, H. L., Dreyfus, S.E. 1986. Mind over machine: The power of human intuition and expertise in the era of the computer, New York, The Free Press.Hope, G. 2008. Thinking and Learning through Drawing, London, Sage Publications Limited.Kavakli, M., Suwa, M., Gero, J., Purcell, T. 1999. Sketching interpretation in novice and expert designers In: GERO, J. S., TVERSKY, B. (ed.) Visual Reasoning in Design. Sydney: Key Centre of Design Computing and Cognition, University of Sydney.Lane, D., Seery, N. 2010a. Freehand sketching as a catalyst for developing concept driven competencies

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz

requiredthem to use their mathematics, machine design, computer programming, engineering analysis andreasoning, and dynamics knowledge.This paper conveys our experiences with the project, shares my experiences in how to guidestudents towards a common goal in a systems design course and how to lead them to finish theproject on time.II. IntroductionStudents in Mechanical Engineering Technology program at the University of Maryland EasternShore are required to take a senior level "ETME 475 - Mechanical Systems Design" course duringtheir last semester. This course is 3 credit hours. Two hours are used for lecture and two hours areused for laboratory. Depending on who is taking the course and the type of projects planned, either

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito; Melany Ciampi

experience in what we call "ScientificIntroductory" is part of the course. This is in fact a subject that gives to the students theguidelines and subsides to develop researches. The main objective is to decrease the conflictsbetween the academic learning and the use of knowledge.This subject provides the students the theoretic and practical knowledge qualifying them toincorporate the knowledge of Engineering areas in the process of project creation.VI. Scientific and Technological Introductory CongressAs the Engineering Faculty of UniSantos is not a Superior Course but a University Course, so ithas the function of forming the Profession and not Professionals. It has the goal of formingEngineers capable to develop Science and technology, capable to

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

L.J. Bohmann; B.A. Mork; Noel Schulz

emphasized.Regardless of whether a student will specialize in communications, computer engineering,controls, electromagnetics, electronics, materials, power systems, or signal processing, theyshould come away with an appreciation for what they have learned.The first module consists of electrochemical and static electromagnetic devices. Photovoltaics Page 2.342.4and batteries are key to new advances in electric vehicles and future energy development. Theyare also key to communications installations, emergency backup power for computers and 4hospitals, and are used extensively in portable consumer electronics

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Walter, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne; David Walden, Sysnovation, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

Sysnovation, LLC, a company he formed in 2006 that is focused on Systems Engineering consulting and education that is based out of Shakopee, Minnesota, USA. At Sysnovation, Mr. Walden has assisted numerous clients in Systems Engineering consulting and training/course development. He has served as an independent reviewer, major review (e.g., PDR, CDR) coordinator, Systems Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME), and process consultant. He has created and taught numerous Systems Engineering courses and tutorials, including a distance learning on-line variant of a Systems Engineering Principles course. Previously, Mr. Walden was with General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for 13 years and