Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F. Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2012-4967: MOVING TOWARDS GLOBAL COMPETENCY FOR EN-GINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH TRAVEL AND CLASSROOM LEC-TURESDr. Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College Nick Safai is the Chair of Engineering Department (which consists of nine engineering programs Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Material Science, Environmental, Manufacturing, Bioengineering. and Computer Engineering). He is tenured Full Professor. He received from Princeton University his Ph.D. in engineering (multidisciplinary), also from Princeton University: M.S. in aerospace, M.S. in mechan- ical, M.S.E. in civil engineering, and M.S.E. in reservoir engineering/water resources, as well as a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State. Prior

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3092: NSF ATE CREATE RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTERDr. Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons Kathleen Alfano is the Director/PI of the NSF ATE CREATE Renewable Energy Center and has led the multi-college consortium CREATE (California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technological Education) since its development in 1996-1997. She is currently a member of the National academy of Sciences Committee on the Energy and Mining Workforce. She served as a Program Director and co-lead for the ATE Program at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Va. in 2007-2008 and previously as Dean of Academic Computing and Professional Programs and as a faculty member at College of the Canyons. Alfano has a

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

innovationor invention (technology) had the biggest impact on civilization throughout history? (2) Whatinnovation or invention (technology) has or had the biggest impact on your life? Think broadlyand reflect on technologies that we cannot live without. For the first question, the technologymust be at least 50 years old. That is, it was first widely utilized either before or during the1950s. Consider how civilization was affected by this technology over time. For the secondquestion, exclude the obvious ones: birth control, television, computers, the Internet, cell phones,automobiles, airplanes, IPODs, electronic games, etc. and concentrate on the big picture. Do notoverlook some of the most common things that we often take for granted. Consider how

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

course projects it is not permissible for thesenior project.Given these requirements the projects are carefully selected and managed to ensure success1.Tools used include tracking tools for labor tasks, budget, Gantt charts, meeting minutes, weeklymeetings, sign-offs on specifications, concepts, and detailed design proposals. In addition facultyexpertise is used to guide the students. The composition of the project varies to meet the demandsof the projects but typically teams have three to six members from all four disciplines; Computer,Electrical, Mechanical, and Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering. Examples of typicalprojects are shown in Figure 1.The students have had varying levels of exposure to the design process through

Conference Session

Newly Developed Engineering Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Dobrowski, Purdue University-North Central

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

datainto a form which is useful. The laboratory reports are to be written so that someone who isintelligent, but not necessarily an expert in this field, can understand the significance of why thetest was performed, and the outcomes of the test. This course is taught in the third year, so inaddition to the prerequisites for the course, the students have already had four semesters ofmathematics, as well as two semesters of English, including Technical Writing. The problemseems to be that the lessons learned in math and (especially) English are not being effectivelyapplied to later courses.Freshman Experience CourseOne of the courses proposed by the General Education Committee for the campus is a “FreshmenExperience” course to be taught as a two

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

University.Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University Ann Burnett is an Associate Professor of Communication at North Dakota State University. Burnett holds a Ph.D. degree in Communication from the University of Utah and an M.A. degree in Communication from the University of Northern Colorado.Roger Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. Green holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Page 15.911.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 NDSU

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Lockwood, University of Calgary; Daryl Caswell, University of Calgary; Marjan Eggermont, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

of an engineer’s skill set.Working from the theory that students learn best in an authentic environement4, as wellas the understanding that students strongly prefer work that is relevant, clear andengaging3, the team at S___ has integrated communications into their first year designcourse, which is itself a hands-on, real-world engineering course. This has resulted in thehiring of a communications instructor who is dedicated to the first year program, anddoes not have additional obligations to another department. During the process ofintegrating this instructor, three distinct roles for this instructor have developed, each ofwhich serves the team and the course in ways that an instructor from another departmentcould not.Course

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Weissbach

Session 1793 Hardware Experiments in Feedback Control Systems Using a Geared Dc Motor Robert S. Weissbach Penn State Erie, The Behrend CollegeAbstractOne of the difficulties in teaching control systems to engineering and technology students is torelate classroom theory and computer simulation to experimental results. Students tend to focuson analyzing feedback control systems without understanding where the transfer functions of reallife systems come from. This effect is exacerbated by textbooks in control systems, whereauthors often assume that variables

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cyrus Hagigat

proliferation of inexpensive computer hardware and relatively inexpensive computersoftware, approximate solutions were used for solving most practical vibration analysisproblems. These classical and approximate techniques usually involve analyzing a simpler butsimilar structure that has a closed form mathematical solution. Often times, expensive prototypeconstruction and testing were necessary to check the validity and accuracy of the approximatesolutions.Using the finite element technique in solving vibration analysis problems eliminates the need fordeveloping approximate mathematical solutions. Furthermore, using a computerized techniquesuch as the finite element analysis enables one to obtain solutions to computationally intensiveproblems such as

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marina Pantazidou; Paul Steif

Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ. 5. Catrambone, R., 1995, Aiding Subgoal Learning: Effects on Transfer, J. of Educational Psychology, 87:1:5-17. 6. Lovett, M.C., 2000, Cognitive Task Analysis in Service of Intelligent Tutoring Systems Design: A Case Study in Statistics, in Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (ed. Goettl, B.P., Halff, H.M., Redfield, C.J. and Shute, V.J.), Vol. 1452, p.234-243. 7. Wells, M., D. Hestenes, and G. Swackhamer, 1995, A Modeling Method for High School Physics Instruction, American J. of Physics, 63:7:606-619. 8. Woods, D.R., 2000, An Evidence-Based Strategy for Problem-Solving, J. of Engineering Education, 89:4:443-459. 9. Ericsson, K.A

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Wanke; Stephen Williams; Michael Scheuerell; Glenn Wrate

Wisconsin Focus on Energy is a program funded by Wisconsin electric rate-payers toencourage energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy, enhance the environment, andensure the future supply of energy for Wisconsin. University involvement in the program is adeliberate decision intended to expose engineering students to energy conservation concepts andtechniques.As a result of this decision, students at Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) areparticipating in a number of Focus on Energy projects. The faculty at MSOE view the projects as Page 9.533.1an opportunity for students to learn engineering methods, not just in the somewhat contrived

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck IV, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

its first ever engineering program in 2004. Theprogram culminates in a two semester capstone design project based learning experience for allengineering students. The process of initiating and nurturing the capstone experience within anew engineering program has offered challenges and opportunities. Paramount among thesechallenges has been the development of industry relations that support industry sponsoredprojects and campus based projects particularly for the biomedical engineering program of studyand the ECU School of Medicine. The latter is largely directed at supporting basic research.The former relies on industry sponsored projects for most of the capstone design experiences.Sponsor feedback has been overwhelmingly supportive of the

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Brunell

Effective Implementation of Industry Sponsored Senior Design at Stevens Institute of Technology Leslie R. Brunell, PhD., P.E. Lecturer and Senior Design Coordinator Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Charles V. Schaefer Jr. School of Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030Abstract:The success of the industry-sponsored Civil Engineering senior design program at StevensInstitute of Technology and its impact on meeting the learning objectives established for the two-semester capstone design

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Lauffer; Frank Duda; Peter Idowu

problem by building hostels for female students to promote better study habits, minimize distractions and time of commute, which is usually long, strenuous, and sometimes hazardous.j. Some libraries have shelves of books donated from some western countries which proved to be useless. Donors were apparently unaware of the educational practices in Uganda wherein textbooks used in the secondary schools are carefully structured to enable students to perform well on the national O-level examination. The books donated were not relevant to the learning objectives.k. Some teachers hold the view that the government budget allocation for education is negatively affected by the war in the northern Uganda. They further speculate that students

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Irina Nelson

The International Space University (ISU) Irina Nelson, Ph.D. Physics Professor, SLCC, 4600 S. Redwood Rd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84130 Visiting Faculty, 2002-2005, ISU, 67400 Illkirch, Strasbourg, France Irina.Nelson@slcc.edu irina.nelson@earthlink.netAbstractThe International Space University (ISU) is a unique institution of higher learning and professional developmentwhose mission is to “… develop future leaders of the world space community…” ISU offers two programs leadingto Master of Space Studies (MSS) and Master of Space Business (MSB) degrees, a Summer Session Program (SSP),and a

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

students gave correct word choice priority over otherimportant elements such as eye contact or an impromptu style of speech so that theycould be understood by the class. It is advised that the additional work required for thesestudents should be taken into consideration 3.The researcher learned several important things from the students in this study that couldcertainly be of use to engineering educators teaching both ESL international students andnative speakers of English in a mixed classroom. First of all, the instructor discoveredthat for ESL students, actually hearing the words are a key element to learning thelanguage. Thus the students being able to clearly understand the professor, including theterminology used, was an important factor

Conference Session

Academic Standards and Academic Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

politician obtains federal funding for the building, it may benamed after him/her. Our new library recently had a campaign for naming rooms, computers,tables, and other items for a specified donation. This tendency to focus on donations for namingleads to the conclusion that money, not performance or service, is the key ingredient at auniversity. This attitude concerning the importance of money has been noticed by many studentswho feel that when the tuition is paid, the course is passed. The increased marketing of the university is indicated by the effort going into thedevelopment of logos and slogans. The second page of the WVU telephone directory(7), that isthe first page after the table of contents, is about the logos, symbols, and

Conference Session

Energy Project and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret Wismer

field winding. Extra credit is available based on the following criteria: 50% for using NO external power supplies (i.e. anything which needs to be plugged into an outlet.) Excludes the power needed to operate the motor. 20% for using just ONE external supply. 1% extra for each 1V regulated above 65V within 1% (with 150Ω load.) 30% for implementing the system in software. 30% for simulating the entire circuit (i.e. generator with regulator) on PSPice 10% for reporting on the price of the regulator in batches of 100. Lab outcome: Although 4 weeks is designated for it, this lab invariably requires 5 to be completed. The extra time is never begrudged the students because they learn so much by doing it and they always

Conference Session

Innovation in Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski

Interface and Robot Controller, illustrated in figure four, are the communicationand control platforms for the kit. These units enable the completed designs to be remotelycontrolled using computer joysticks as well as push buttons and user designed analog signals. Inaddition, the robot controller can be programmed to operate in autonomous mode using sensorinputs on the robot controller.The operator interface takes input from the robot operators and relays those signals to the robotcontroller using a 900 MHz radio signal thereby enabling wireless remote control. Simultaneousoperation of multiple systems is established by setting dipswitches on each unit that allow uniquecommunication between each operating unit and its interface. The Operator

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

. Thedocumentation was then used for an in-class presentation which had to address the followingaspects of each stage of development of the lean production line:1. wastes and other problems2. evaluation criteria used3. constraints4. evaluation of new solutions5. choice of the best solutionAfter summary of the exercises, a brief introduction to Agile Manufacturing is given to illustratethe subtle differences in nature of Lean and Agile. Although the presented here form of theexercise was used only twice in the junior level course in Computer-Aided Planning, the surveysat the end of the exercises show two common threads:- Like of hands-on learning- Like of using calculations to support problem definition and subsequent decision makingFour major problems were

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aisha Lawrey

Associate Professorof Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology and Biomedical Engineering at NJIT and therecipient of the 2000 Excellence in Teaching award, upper division. He is also the co-PI of theNew Jersey - DoE "Tech-Prep Program in Engineering, Science and Technology", ProjectDirector of a Whitaker Foundation "Industrial Internship for Biomedical Engineering Students"grant, an investigator for the NJIT/Gateway Professional Development Project and an activemember of NJIT's Teaching, Learning and Technology Committee. Page 9.536.8 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Potpourri of Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Buechler

Session 1719 Mathematical Background Versus Success in Electrical Engineering Dale N. Buechler Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstract - Part-time students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), an urbancommuter campus, make up about thirty-five percent of the students in the College ofEngineering and Applied Science. Since Engineering is only offered at a few schools in the UWSystem, UWM receives a large number of transfer students. We have found that a

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

and Environmental Engineering faculty membersthrough any of the mechanisms described above typically are accorded privileges not available totheir peers. For example, the students receive keys to the laboratories and computing facilities inwhich they work so that they can have after-hours access. They may also be given desks or otherworkspace as well as areas to keep their books and other materials.Summary of Departmental Student Research ExperiencesThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has made an effort to involve studentsin research. Faculty members publicize their research needs in a variety of ways, mostcommonly in the classroom, but also in other forums, such as meetings of student organizations.While the majority of

Conference Session

Strategic Issues in EM Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Callahan; Paul Givens

College of Engineering opened with six disciplinesin engineering: Civil and Environmental, Chemical, Computer Science and Engineering,Electrical, Industrial and Management Systems, and Mechanical. In 2000, the college enrolled3000 students and conducted over 18 million dollars worth of research. USF FEEDS maintains it’s own engineering classroom two studios, transmitting courseslive to the industrial FEEDS sites with both video and audio talkback capabilities. USF FEEDSdelivered its first live Internet course in the Spring 2000 semester, therefore; each studio hasbeen equipped to encode and stream live courses over the Internet. The Department of Industrial and Management Systems currently houses five degreeprograms: Bachelors of

Conference Session

Raising the Bar and Body of Knowledge

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilfrid Nixon; M. Asghar Bhatti

Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering program at the University of Iowa, and to the faculty in the department. Inthis group, there were 25 responses. We feel these numbers are sufficiently large toindicate whether this survey represents a useful tool, but clearly, the samples are nowherenear large enough to provide a definitive answer to the questions posed.For statistical analysis response to each question is assigned a numerical score with 5representing “strongly agree” and 1 representing “strongly disagree.” For each questionthe median response value is computed and used to draw conclusions. The results arepresented first for students, then for practitioners. Finally, their responses are compared.For the most part, students either agreed or

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacie Swingle Nunes

provide external funding; theLouis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) of the National Science Foundation, theCollegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (C-STEP) of the New York State Departmentof Education, and the Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarships (CSEMS)Program also of the National Science Foundation. At the time it was founded, however, all of theexternal support came from C-STEP with a fiscal year of July 1 – June 30 and funding tied to thelegislative process. The early program included a summer bridge program for new students that was thoughtquite successful but was very difficult to run given the funding cycle. In those early years fundingwas by no means guaranteed and often not confirmed

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

other answers are displayed on the images (Fig. 7-9)D. Change parameter and Super-Calculate. For the parametric study, simply change p1 to thenew value (1000 kPa). A Calculate and a Super-Calculate produce: mdot3=11.31 kg/min.TEST Features: Unlike other visual applications, TEST reinforces a student's understanding ofthermodynamics by sticking to the traditional approach of thermodynamic problem solving –simplify the system, choose a material model, evaluate the relevant states, customize the balanceequations, solve the balance equations, iterate between state evaluations and the solution of thebalance equations to produce the desired solution. There are many features of TEST that arequite useful in learning thermodynamics. Some of those are

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

Capstone Course in Construction Management Joseph J. Cecere , Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University/ HarrisburgABSTRACTCapstone courses offered in most construction engineering programs are designed to pull together much of whatthe student has already learned in previous courses. This will enable the student to gain an appreciation of howthe different aspects of a construction project come together. The course is not an in depth study of any onefunction or technical aspect, but rather a synergistic overview of the project

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Bittle

THS5651IDW is a 5-4-1 segmentedcurrent steering DAC. Data was collected at the Texas Instruments’ facility on Forest Lane,Dallas Texas. LabView® software was used for instrument control and data acquisition.MATLAB software was used to process data, to calculate current cell pair outputs, and to plotthe results to determine if there were major problem areas in the current array. Plots showed noproblem areas.I. IntroductionTexas Instruments invited the author to learn about the THS5651IDW, a new high-speed digitalto analog converter (DAC), being designed at their facility on Forest Lane, Dallas Texas. Thisknowledge is being passed on to students in the Electronic Engineering Technology program atthe University of North Texas. The THS5651IDW DAC is a

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ioannis Miaoulis; Erik Rushton; Brian Gravel

fellows serve as a “real-time”resource for the teachers as an engineering activity is implemented. The project has met withmany levels of success and the focus has become how to make the work and accomplishmentsachieved sustainable. The most promising aspect has been to increase the teacher comfort levelwith the material. The challenge comes in presenting the teacher with the right amount ofrelevant material. The process of increasing teacher comfort is outlined. The benefits of offeringengineering education to elementary students became apparent with a 21% gain in standardizedtest score values.Tufts CEEO GK-12 Outreach ProjectThe Tufts University GK-12 project is a three-year project focused on pairing graduate-levelengineering and computer