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LabVIEW and Mindstorms Based Experiments

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Dawn Spencer, Colorado State University-Pueblo

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Robotics with LEGO Mindstorms NXT course is a part of the pedagogical systemimplemented in our Mechatronics curriculum. This pedagogical system is based on McCarthy’s3version of the Kolb4 learning cycle and was motivated in part by work presented by Harb et al5.New concepts can be learned by following a pattern called the learning cycle exemplified by thequestions why, what, how, and what if. Active discovery-based learning is considered animportant part of this learning cycle, especially in engineering6. Bruner7 defines discovery Page 13.66.2learning as a cognitive instructional model whereby students are empowered and encouraged tolearn concepts and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Shlomo Waks; C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw; Barry Lunt

humanisticapproach to computer users and system problems, advisory board members quickly rejected it.They made it clear that graduates with such a degree would not be recognized as havingsufficient technical depth to fulfill their need.The work done by Lidtke2 et al in “An Information Systems-Centric Curriculum ’99” was alsovery useful in developing our thinking. Our program reflects several of the principles espousedby the report, for example, teaming, a systemic approach to thinking, interpersonal skills,problem solving techniques, practical experiences and project activities.We feel that we have now developed a program that meets the requirements for a technical four-year IT program. Several features of the program are as follows. • The program should

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

. After research stays at the NASA Ames Research Center/ California and the Georgia Institute of Technology/Atlanta, she gained a doctorate on ”Mathematics in Virtual Knowledge Environments” in 2004. Following a junior professorship (2005-2007) at the TU Berlin with the construction and direction of its media center, she was head of the Institute of Information Technology Services (IITS) for electrical engineering at the University of Stuttgart from May 2007 to May 2009, where she was also the director of the Central Information Technology Services (RUS) at the same time. Some of the main areas of her research are complex IT-systems (e.g. cloud computing, Internet of Things, green IT & ET, semantic web services

Conference Session

Computers in Education 1 - Programming I

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liya Ni, Biola University; Keith Hekman, California Baptist University

Paper ID #36695Improving Student Learning Experience with MATLABGrader and Live ScriptsLiya Ni Dr. Liya (Grace) Ni is joining Biola University in the fall of 2022 as a Professor of Engineering and Director of Engineering Program in the School of Science, Technology and Health. She was previously a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) in the Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University, where she worked as a faculty member from 2009 to 2022 and served as the ECE department chair from 2015 to 2021. Dr. Ni received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

David Kazmer

types of positions. The 32 most prevalent job titles are provided in Figure 2 with their observedfrequency.Figure 2 provides some expected results inasmuch as the most prevalent job postings are those withwhich engineering faculty and students are experienced. There are, however, at least two items worthconsideration. First, most of the positions are titled according to their organizational role (e.g. design,project, and test engineered) as opposed to their discipline (e.g. mechanical, electrical, and civilengineers). Second, many of the positions (e.g. systems, embedded, and packaging engineers) areinterdisciplinary and do not reside within any single traditional engineering major. Taken together, thisdata indicates that hiring organizations

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2008 GSW

Authors

Marwan Al-Haik; Zayd Leseman; Claudia Luhrs; Mahmoud Reda Taha

Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS) andMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMS). This course is highly multi-disciplinary due to the cross-listing of the course with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum (ECE 519).What makes this approach unique is that: while familiarizing student with nanotechnology, it willnot strain the general outline of classical materials science course for being introduced as a set ofseparate modules. Moreover the proposed integration of nanotechnology into materials science corecourses and interdepartmental technical electives will readily provide students with differentbackgrounds from crosscutting programs (mechanical and civil engineering) with nanotechnologyexperience that is naturally interdisciplinary

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Melanie Bastiaan, Kettering University; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Juan R. Pimentel, Kettering University; Mehrdad Zadeh, Kettering University

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College Industry Partnerships

industrial computer networks, particularly issues related to real-time protocols, safety-critical protocols, dependable automotive embedded distributed systems, and distributed industrial and embedded systems. He is a recognized international expert in the area of industrial communications and real-time and depend- able protocols. He has written 3 books on networking, multimedia systems, and safety-critical systems. He has worked with major manufacturing and process control projects involving products from companies such as Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, ABB, and GE-Fanuc. He has also prepared and delivered seminars in Europe, Middle East, North and South America in areas such as Distributed Control Systems, SCADA

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Louis A. DiBerardino III, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

engineering courses as well as various courses in Mechanical Engineering, primarily in the mechanics area. His pedagogical research areas include standards-based assessment and curriculum design, the later currently focused on incorporating entrepreneurial thinking into the engineering curriculum.Dr. Todd France, Ohio Northern University Todd France is the director of Ohio Northern University’s Engineering Education program, which strives to prepare engineering educators for the 7-12 grade levels. Dr. France is also heavily involved in de- veloping and facilitating the Introduction to Engineering course sequence at ONU. He earned his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder where his research focused on pre-engineering

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Eduaction - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University; Ronald Earley, Miami University

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Design in Engineering Education

, the project will have tobe addressed with a strong will to succeed and necessarily require coalitions ofvolunteerism, industry-sponsored funding and donated resources. The objective of aselect group of Senior Design Project students is to appreciate the aspect of service andreinforce the reality of viable ethical, ergonomic, and economic engineering design. Page 12.145.2A Ten-step ProcessOver the past several years, the Senior Design Project Course has evolved into a verypowerful and productive component in the Engineering Technology Curriculum atMiami University. Experience over these years has resulted in severalmodifications and ultimately has

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Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

. Challenge 2 focused on what the normal ECG measures and what information is reflectedon the normal ECG. Challenge 3 focused on how the ECG reflects abnormalities of rhythm andstructure. Major topics of the typical Physics and Anatomy & Physiology courses that areincluded are the following: cardiac cycle, cardiac anatomy, the heart’s intrinsic conductionsystem, the cardiac action potential, electric fields, dipoles, basics of the electrocardiogram, andvector projections. The Iron Cross module is among the shorter curriculum modules, taking place in a littleover a week. This module’s focus is primarily on torque. Students learned how musclesgenerate forces and how different muscle groups create different types of movement. Theycreated free

Conference Session

Understanding Students' Authentic and Reflective Experiences of Ethics Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

the case studies included in the larger project, the subset included in the present study waspurposefully selected. All three courses that serve as the three case studies were for students intheir senior year and thus the students had progressed through most of their undergraduateeducation, had been socialized in the discipline for the greatest amount of time, and could reflecton the majority of the curriculum and broader academic experience. Additionally, all three of thecourses were required, thus eliminating the effect of students’ self-selection bias. Lastly, thecourses were embedded in different institution types, which enabled the exploration of potentialdifferences across institutional setting. The course characteristics are summarized

Conference Session

Lessons learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; William L. DUPE Chan, Josiah Quincy High School; Kristina Buenafe, Josiah Quincy High School; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

classrooms appear to be losing their effectiveness with students and thereneeds to be modified methods of teaching students.CAPSULE was created to bridge this gap, to teach teachers a more structured method ofimplementing related projects into their curriculum. Unlike traditional PBL, ourmethodology incorporates and provides tools and a structured process to provide teacherswith techniques of relating STEM theory to real world application. Engineering-basedlearning (EBL) uses well-established tools such as the capstone experience, theengineering design process (EDP), and Solidworks™ to engage and excite students inlearning about STEM concepts. The uniqueness of EBL lies in the combination of thetool and methodology to provide teachers with a process

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Dina Battaglia; Krishna Sampigethaya; Akhan Almagambetov; Mehran Andalibi; Tyrone Groh; Kaela Martin; Matt Pavlina; Sam Siewert; Anne Boettcher

warranted emphasis. Undergraduate research integrationinto curriculum promises benefits: student engagement and development of employer-desiredskills such as communication, teamwork, analytical reasoning, and the application of knowledgeto real-world settings. This paper details the FLC’s efforts to incorporate more research intoseven undergraduate classes by using discovery learning pedagogies and to begin compiling alist of best practices to share with others. The fact that these efforts span different undergraduategrade levels and disciplines offers key insights for any undergraduate program. Further,discussions about the formation and collaboration of the FLC at this university presents a guideto others for starting one of their

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian D. Tedeschi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia K. Miller, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nancy L. Denton P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

around the United States were a part of the Techie Timesprogram. The recruitment was done through online message boards for parents and the PurduePolytechnic Marketing and Communications department. Within four days, the initial onehundred spots were filled, so fifty additional spots were added. Hours were set based onparticipant interest and time zone. The participants' age ranged from six to fourteen, and theactivities selected reflected the age demographic. Current programs such as Project Lead theWay (PLTW) offer STEM topics within the classroom and their program objectives were factorsthat contributed to the determination of the project set [21]. Having a balance betweenmechanical projects and electrical projects was an essential factor

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Nirangkush Das, Arizona State University; Brent Wallace, Arizona State University; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Tim S. Frank, Glendale Community College; John W. Griffith, Mesa Community College; Russell Cox, Mohave Community College; Eddie W. Ong, Phoenix College; Ernest Moulinet Villicana, Phoenix College Engineering; Celia . Jenkins, Cochise College

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

to Fortune 500 sized companies in the fields of government electronics (satellite communications, smart munitions, radar, drone), biomedical (pace- maker, drug pump, deep brain stimulation), semiconductors (PIC microcomputers), energy IT (smart electric meters, domestic and international). Most recently Instructed college level engineering courses for 7 years.Ms. Celia . Jenkins, Cochise College As STEM and Recruitment Coordinator, Jenkins is responsible for STEM student support in university transfers and in job placement, research opportunities and internships. Jenkins is the PI of the NSF ASAP Project Based Engineering grant with Arizona State University. Jenkins has increased enrollment in Engineering from

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Track 6: Technical Session 1: A Student-Centered, Theory-Informed, Integrated Model to Academic and Career Advising to Educate the Whole Engineer: Transforming Engineering Education and Broadening Participation in Engineering is Possible!

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2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Wake Forest University; Melissa C Kenny, Wake Forest University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Engineering had no website, no curriculum, no operating budget,no furniture, no equipment, no vision, etc. Wake Forest Engineering was housed and is stillhoused in a College of Arts and Sciences that housed 30 departments and 26 interdisciplinaryprograms. Prior publications (Pierrakos, 2025; Pierrakos, 2024) offer more details about theprogram launch.At launch and to this day, Wake Forest Engineering offers one Bachelor of Science Engineeringdegree. In time and driven by student interest, five optional engineering concentrations(biomedical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computerengineering, materials and chemical engineering, and mechanical engineering) were launchedstarting Fall 2021. The concentrations leveraged

Conference Session

Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Pradip Kumar Krishnadevarajan, Karpagam University

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Manufacturing

leadership skills inthe area of manufacturing with an emphasis on process and systems design, manufacturingoperations, maintenance, sales and service functions. Their curriculum also includes advancedskills like casting, forging, stamping, fabrication, plastics and CNC machining that are needed inthe industry6.Zargari et al7. present a survey of SME fellows regarding the curricular need for undergraduate(B.S.) manufacturing engineering technology program. Their findings show that MfgETcurriculum should include electrical/electronic technology, Manufacturing/Robotics Technology,Packaging Technology, Computer Technology, Design for Manufacturing and ArchitecturalDrafting7. Career opportunities for manufacturing ET graduates also include other areas

Conference Session

Experiences of Underrepresented Students in Engineering

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla López del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

in Puerto Rico. Her primary research interests include investigating students’ understanding of difficult concepts in en- gineering sciences, especially for underrepresented populations. She also works in the development and evaluation of various engineering curriculum and courses at UPRM applying the outcome-based educa- tional framework.Dr. Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Nayda G. Santiago is professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) where she teaches the Capstone Course in Computer Engineer- ing. She received an BS in EE from the University of PR, Mayaguez in 1989, a MEng in EE from Cornell University in

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Vincent Bartolomeo, The Cooper Union; Amanda Lombardo, The Cooper Union; Michael Colella, The Cooper Union; George J. Delagrammatikas, The Cooper Union

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

average flame speed, which is related to stoichiometric fuel-air equivalence ratios. 4. DC Motor Dyno:​ the performance map of a 12-V DC motor (commonly used in robotics projects at the institution) is determined through a Prony brake system whereby motor speed and applied torque are measured and compared against supplied electric power (voltage and current measurements) to yield efficiency.Module Two occurred over the subsequent three weeks of the course and consisted of a rotationto a different Module One experiment for each group. This progression mirrors the scaffoldedapproach described by Reissman et al in 2017 [8]. Student teams were supplied with all theprevious group’s data and writing and had to augment the data

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 9: Identity & Belonging 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Newsome Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lakshmi Raju

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

sizeable enrollmentranging from 150 to 225 students per semester, the ECE Discovery Studio program relies heavilyon the utilization of Peer Leaders (PLs), a cohort of 15 to 20 upper-level EE and CmpE studentsselected to a stipend-eligible academic-year-long fellowship. The Peer Leader Fellowship (PLF)is facilitated in parallel to ECE Discovery Studio with the goal of providing easily accessiblementorship from students who have gone through similar experiences and have commonacademic interests within the expansive ECE curriculum. Each PL is assigned a mentee group of10 to 15 ECE Discovery Studio students and the course is designed to promote networkingamong small groups through interactive studio activities, peer reviews, team projects

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CoED

Authors

Bahaa Ansaf; Neb Jaksic

more interactive, open-endedproblems, and required more feedback on the problem-solving process that is proven to be moreeffective and can lead to increased student learning [1] .Several teaching approaches were implemented to improve student’s learning outcomes by in-tegrating active/passive learning and real-life projects. For example, Graham et al. [2] used thePaul-Elder framework of critical thinking to define and operationalize critical thinking for the Elec-trical and Computer Engineering program students. Students are taught explicitly the methods ofcritical thinking followed by explicit critical thinking exercises in the introduction to engineeringcourse to prepare students to embrace more elaborate, discipline-specific, critical

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

& Javernick-Will, 2015; Riley, 2008; Wilson et al., 2011).First-year engineering courses are critical in helping students form their engineering identitiesthat help them persist through the curriculum (Meyers Ohland, Pawley, Silliman, & Smith, 2012;Tonso, 2007). However, while resources have been spent on increasing access for minoritized1students in engineering, these resources have been at odds with the values held in theengineering discipline that result in the continued exclusion of these students (Slaton, 2015;Rohde et al., 2020; Riley, 2017). The engineering curriculum implies a technical/social dualismin which the technical is more important and unaffected by social dimensions, which is counterto the lived experiences of those

Conference Session

ERM: Identity Impacts (Identity Part 2)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Yang, Stanford University; Joseph D Towles, Swarthmore College; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Sara Atwood, Elizabethtown College

participants were selected for this paper to highlight their technicalexperiences [8], [9]. We find that technical projects in internships make a significant impact onrecognition, thereby either increasing or decreasing students’ engineering professional identities.Theoretical Framework This study seeks to deepen knowledge related to the Performance/Competence, Interest,Recognition (PCIR) framework of engineering professional identity (EPI) by explicitlyelucidating recognition during internship experiences as a key influence on FGLI students. In thePCIR model, the construct of recognition is defined as how others perceive a particularindividual, in this case, an engineering student, as an engineer [8]. Particularly, Scalaro et al.define

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Tools and Support for Software Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. 115.2. Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula, Software Engineering 2004, Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering, August 23, 2004, a volume of the Computing Page 11.1261.14 Curricula Series from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), available at http://sites.computer.org/ccse/ accessed 2006-02-24.3. The Joint Task Force for Computing Curricula 2005, Computing Curricula 2005, The Overview Report including The Guide to Undergraduate Degree Programs in Computing, a cooperative project from the Association for Computing

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric C. Dierks, University of Texas, Austin; Jason M. Weaver, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

inspections. This project exemplifies the energy harvesting field as an excitingeducational tool useful for preparing students for careers in industry, consulting, entrepreneurialventures, or applied research. This paper provides a snapshot of this project and seeks todemonstrate the integration of emerging technology studies in undergraduate curriculum whilethe students explore a suite of concepts to power health monitoring systems.1: Motivation It can become easy for a student to become overwhelmed or lose enthusiasm during theirundergraduate engineering education; solving problems which have already been implemented inindustry for years or working on a project which is not utilized upon completion. On the otherhand, need-based problems

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

Notre Dame“Engineering and the Pursuit of the Renaissance Ideal in the First Year Curriculum”Dr. Panos Papadopoulos, Panel Leader , Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice Chair ofInstruction, University of California at BerkeleyDr. Gary Bernstein, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre DameDr. Robert Montgomery, Associate Professor in Engineering Education, Purdue UniversityDr. Stephen Carr, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Engineering and Professor of MaterialsScience and Engineering, Northwestern University 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break10:45 - 12:30 p.m. Session #2: What Are Today's Students Like?Dr. Paul Tougaw, Panel Leader, Coordinator of Professional Development and Placement,Valparaiso UniversityDr. Mark Sperling

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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State University; Carol Sevier, Boise State University; Amy J Moll, Boise State University

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First-Year Programs

educational research interests include freshmen engineering programs, math success, K-12 STEM curriculum and accreditation, and retention and recruitment of STEM majors.Dr. Gary LeRoy Hunt, Boise State UniversityCarol Sevier, Boise State University Carol Sevier is the Freshman Engineering Coordinator at Boise State University. She received her BS in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD. She was employed at Hewlett Packard for 16 years where she held a variety of positions in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing and Marketing. She also served as the Development Director at the Discovery Center of Idaho, a hands-on science center. Carol has overseen the project-based Introduction to Engineering

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Special Session: Next Generation Problem-Solving

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Tamara Moore, University of Minnesota; Brian Self, California Polytechnic State University; Andrew Kean, California Polytechnic State University; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota; Jack Patzer, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

effectively incentivize appliancereplacement to reduce electricity use. Key concepts addressed in this MEA are the First Law ofThermodynamics (conservation of energy), electricity efficiency, engineering economics,demand-side management, time-of-use billing, and sustainability. Over 140 students (or 40teams) have run this MEA in a Thermal Systems Design course (which includes engineeringeconomics), the capstone thermal science course in our curriculum. This MEA is part of my Page 15.1080.7attempt to make sustainability/efficiency a central theme of this course, and it was implementedduring a 3-hour “lab-period”. While I implemented this MEA in an

Conference Session

Engineering in Middle Schools

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John McLaughlin, MacLaughlin Associates; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Kirk Jenne, Office of Naval Research; Robert Stiegler, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

grounded freighter. This scenario was again inspired bya natural disaster--the recent hurricanes in the Gulf region of the US.The Breakout Experiments used in the summer-camp program included the Ball Drop, Paintball(which included high-speed photography), Water Balloon Launch, Electric Gun, RocketConstruction/Launch, Egg Drop, and Alarm System experiments. These experiments whereselected based on our desire to provide a selection of projects that would demonstrate a widevariety of science- and physics-based phenomena, involve appropriate math and problem solvingtasks, provide team building opportunities, and be of interest and fun to a diverse group ofstudents both with regard to gender and ability. An additional (and important aspect) was

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

to create a concentration inalternative energy in its Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering programs, and todevelop an Associate Degree in Alternative Energy in its engineering technology program forstudents interested in alternative energy. Funds for these curriculum grants originated from TheMichigan Economic Development Corporation and were routed through NextEnergy foradministration and management. Lawrence Tech also agreed to explore how it might incorporateits program with Focus: HOPE (an educational, job skills training and economic empowermentorganization helping the inner city) in Detroit, to help educate the Focus: HOPE students aboutthese emerging energy technologies. All official work funded by this grant began July