Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon Dixon

consumer, and uses unique methods, technology or approaches to better fulfill thefunction in ways even the consumer may not initially recognize. The producer carefullylearns and understands about customers’ problems. In short, technology push productdevelopment is based on the belief that the supplier recognizes a market need even beforethe market does. (By technology push I do not mean proffering products simply because Page 6.1027.2 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationthe technology or method are capable

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire; Roman Z. Morawski; Andrzej Krasniewski

lectures and recitations.Such changes have been observed regardless of whether or not the new, two-stage stucture ofstudies has already been adopted by an institution. In fact, they usually were initiated a few yearsbefore the introduction of the two-stage system of studies.The above trends are illustrated in Table 3 where the evolution of the curricula at the Faculty ofElectronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, is shown. Twofields of study, Computer Science and Engineering and Control Engineering and Robotics areconsidered. Three different 5-year programs leading to the master's degree are compared 4:• the integrated BS-MS program, offered to all students admitted before 1990

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Lisa Lao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; LAY POH TAN

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

Review Board (IRB) conducts ethical reviews on all researchproposals involving human research participants, including the use of their personal data.Once the list of relevant stakeholders was finalised and IRB approval was granted, the secondphase began. To gather input from the stakeholders, survey forms and several focus groupdiscussions were originally planned. Unfortunately, Covid-19 pandemic struck and restrictedour approach to mainly online surveys. As such, survey forms were prepared and sent torespondents using “Verint” online survey system that allowed each respondent to receive aunique survey link via email. The response generated from each link was stored on thesystem safely.Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, relatively

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Tanya Kunberger P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

learning in engineering coursesAbstractFaculty traditionally have used a variety of individual and group-based learning activitiesincluding homework assignments, exams, projects, reflection papers, and presentations in aneffort to promote, enhance, assess, and evaluate students’ knowledge and learning. More currentresearch has suggested modifications to some of the historic assessment methodologies andtechnological advances that have potentially influenced the use of various assessmentapproaches. The authors pose the following question in this paper: How are faculty currentlyevaluating student learning and encouraging student success in engineering courses?This paper provides a summary of research into grading practices and then shares the results

Conference Session

Community Building and Student Engagement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Mikhelson, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

facilitate this assignment, students use a service called Edge Impulse [7], which is an onlinetool to create embedded machine learning models. They go through a workflow to train a modelto respond to their keyword, and the tool exports a library that can be included in themicrocontroller code. Then, new data is acquired using the same microphone as in LaboratoryAssignment 8 (Sec 2.1.8), and processed using this model. If the keyword is spotted, the LEDmatrix from Laboratory Assignment 8 displays a custom message.2.2 LecturesIn order to support the laboratory assignments, lectures had to be presented in a non-traditionalorder. At first it seemed that this order would seem unnatural, but it actually worked much betterthan initially feared

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jing Guo; John M. Santiago

it initially asking for a 5 ohm cap and at the very bottom of the paper saying 10 ohms. All in all I really did enjoy this class and felt it would be a great step toward someone that is going to work in the engineering field. “Student #5 “I was very happy to have this class as an introductory class into engineering. It shows that there is a lot to learn yet achievable with enough studying. One thing that I was pleasantly surprised was the building of the signal generator. I really like how it was hands on and with a few short weeks of class you understood what all the components do as you then solder them into place on the signal generator. I

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

advances toscience itself, generating a vicious circle. At the same time, as consequence, social,environmental, economical, and political problems have come along, bringing up crisis andinstability to the social order.Presently, one of the greatest challenges to researchers in social areas is to understand thecomplex imbrications/overlaps amongst the variables of this historical process and to find outways to allow “harmonious solutions”. However, what do “harmonious solutions” mean to eachone? Would be there a general consensus about that? The definition of what means a“harmonious solution” will depend on the ideological aspects of the people involved in theanalysis of problems.In the last years, aiming to give some perspectives of solution to

Conference Session

Internet Computing and Networking

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gholam Ali Shaykhian

inconsistencies and could require significant resources. Alternatively, providingsoftware solution to automate business policies may prove beneficial. Software solutionsbear initial development cost, and thereafter maintenance cost. Reduction of softwaremaintenance cost can be achieved through robust design and implementation. For thereasons of couplings and lack of cohesions stated earlier, object-oriented solutions arepreferred to functional solutions. The preferences of object-oriented are described below:• Object data and member functions are encapsulated as one entity.• Object data are hidden from the client.• The accesses to object data are limited to its member functions.• A client needing object data makes request through a public member

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

theappropriate steps listed below for every in-class and homework problem they solve. 1. Model. The success of any analysis is highly dependent on the validity and appropriateness of the model used to predict and analyze its behavior in a real system, whether centric axial loading, torsion, bending or a combination of the above. Assumptions and limitations need also be stated. This step is not explicitly emphasized in any mechanics of materials textbook. 2. Free Body Diagrams. This step is where all the free body diagrams initially thought to be required for the solution are drawn. The free body diagrams include the complete structure and/or parts of the structure. Very importantly, all dimensions and loads, even

Conference Session

Teaching Tools for Humanities and Ethics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

Administration, gave a set of “talking points” fortestimony, in case the issue was raised in Congressional budget hearings [12, 17]. Heissner’smemo said the White House solicited a proposal from Northrop Grumman in October 1998 to“recover the missing records.” [12, 13]. However, retrieval did not start until 2000 [12, 13].Why did the White House wait more than a year before telling Congress? According to theHeissner memo, they were reluctant to say anything because requests for official docu ments,both from lawmakers and “litigants against the government” were declining [12, 17]. “We maynot want to call attention to the issue,” he wrote, and concluded, “Let sleeping dogs lie” [17].Most of the technicians who knew about the problem initially believed the

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ford; Nancy White

, gross negligence, incompetence, misconduct, unethical or illegal conduct to the board or to proper civil or criminal authorities. 14 The analysis initially investigates only Joe's obligations according to several engineeringCodes and does not address his potential obligations on moral or other grounds. Using the abovestandard, Joe is not required to report the problems he realizes in 1999 are likely to still exist Page 7.527.7 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”with the

Conference Session

New Computer ET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle Hebsch; Jefferey Stevens; Andrew Gilchrist IV; Joel Weinstein

vague about project details or specifications, alwayspreferring to “get back to you on that” and rarely ever doing so. This forced the teams todo enough research to allow them to make intelligent decisions without client input. Theydiscovered that often the client lacks depth or perception of the range of technologiesavailable to solve a problem. They also discovered that an important part of solvingtechnology problems required gaining customer confidence.ResultsFrom the instructor’s point of view, the students eventually succeeded. Although therewas an acclimation period during which the students needed to internalize the fact thatthis course was distinctly different from previous ones, collaboration between the teamseventually solved the

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Patton; Richard Bannerot

based on an existingundergraduate, interdisciplinary teaching initiative forged between engineering and artwhere visual principles of design are introduced and exercised. Acclimating students tothe language and culture of design serves to demystify the creative process and enhance Page 7.1050.1imaginative problem solving. Because design prizes intuitive processing and offers anProceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright 2002, American Society for Engineering Educationeffective method for cultivating integrated thinking skills, it is a valuable course of

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Stephen M. Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-22: PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: WHAT CON-STITUTES SUFFICIENT ASSESSMENT?John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is a Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern Univer- sity. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagog- ical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is an ABET Program Evaluator, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Stephen M. Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering Dr. Stephen Williams is Program Director of

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

amenable for use in either the community college environment orin four year programs. Initial stages of this work have been reported earlier19.Laboratory Development ProcessA general theme of establishing a sense of empowerment guides the development of the projects.Learning about engineering and technology should be an empowering process especially for thenon-engineering student. One of the reasons that technology and engineering are important tosociety is because they provide new capabilities not otherwise possible. The same holds true forindividuals. Individuals use technology, like the automobile for example, to achieve capabilitiesthat they would not otherwise posses. Projects should therefore emphasize the practical utility orusefulness of

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O. Everly, University of Cincinnati; Xuefu Zhou, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1965: DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST RADIO FREQUENCYTEST EQUIPMENTJames O. Everly, University of Cincinnati James O. Everly is an Associate Professor in Electronic and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. He received a BSEE and MSEE from The Ohio State University in 1969 and 1970, respectively. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio. He is a member of the IEEE Cincinnati Section, and in 1997 he received the IEEE Professional Achievement Award. He has held several research and management positions in industry working for such companies as Battelle’s

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seamus F. Freyne, Mississippi State University; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College; Powell Draper, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-1929: ENGINEERING AND NONENGINEERING STUDENTS’PERCEPTIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL ISSUESSeamus F Freyne, Mississippi State University Seamus Freyne joined the civil engineering faculty at Mississippi State University last fall. Previously he was employed at Manhattan College and the University of Oklahoma. His research interests include structures, statistics, and ethics.James P Abulencia, Manhattan CollegePowell Draper, Manhattan College Powell Draper is an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Man- hattan College in New York City. Page 22.576.1

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

gateway and is used in the NEEShub for the NationalScience Foundation NEES project.Another popular virtualization package is VirtualBox11, which is a paravirtualization system thatruns on a wide variety of platforms, and provides a simple GUI based management interface.Virtual Box is especially useful for creating base virtual machine images for import into Xen orKVM. The ability of VirtualBox to quickly create and export a VM image is especially usefulfor creating VM images for use in Xen or KVM. This is due in part to the cumbersome processnecessary in Xen and KVM to create an initial VM image, which requires placing the DVD Page 22.690.4image on

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

servo-hydraulic driven shake tablein a research laboratory while the table was driven with a square wave signal during controllertuning. This no doubt resulted in severe overload of the accelerometer.V. Experience in Development of Experimental Procedures for Use of the LaboratoryTwo senior undergraduate students were employed to try out the equipment purchased andassembled, and write a manual for student use in this laboratory. The first task for thesestudents was to learn how to configure and use the data acquisition software purchased. Thisparticular software package is menu-driven, which means that as soon as the program is startedthe user is faced with many choices of operations to do. Unfortunately, the sequence ofoperations to properly

Conference Session

Design in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noelle Comolli, Villanova University; William Kelly, Villanova University; Qianhong Wu, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-Poiseulle 8 equation when explaining the effects of flow and membrane geometry etc.. on the rate of salt passing through the membrane Quality of recommendation of the optimum operating conditions (specific flowrate(s)/conditions recommended, recommended condition 9 makes sense, recommended condition was a natural outcome of the data they collected..) for maximizing salt permeation AND meeting the < 5% water loss requirement 10 Were any suggestions made on how to improve the initial design Did the students allude to any

Conference Session

Importance of Technical & Professional Writing in Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technicalinformation, including analysis of audience, language, and purpose; techniques of persuasion;page design and graphics; and technical definition and description. Students also prepare memos,resumes, lab reports, and a documented technical research paper. Oral technical presentations arealso required. The interrelationships of technology and society, along with the ethics oftechnology, are considered.TC 481: Advanced Technical Communication. Applications of skills learned in previoustechnical communication courses, with emphasis on practical writing and speaking. Studentsprepare informal and formal documents, including instructions, proposals progress reports, andletters. Individual and group oral presentations, as well as group project and ongoing

Conference Session

Innovative Courses/Pedagogies in Liberal Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Joellen Easton, American Public Media; Rekha Murthy, Public Radio Exchange; Emily Davidson, MIT; Jennifer de Bruijn, MIT; Tracey Hayse, MIT; Elise Hens, MIT; Margaret Lloyd

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Environmental Engineering at MIT, with a minor in Environmental Public Policy. A sister of Alpha Chi Omega, she hopes to return to her native Colorado some day to work on water policy and in the process try to save the planet.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010Margaret Lloyd, MIT MARGARET LLOYD is a sophomore at MIT studying biochemical engineering. She is interested in journalism and cancer research, and has found that communication skills are useful in both of these areas. As an editor for the school newspaper and a volunteer in a lab at the UC Davis Medical Center, Margaret has found many opportunities to apply what she learned in Terrascope Radio. She is from Sacramento, CA

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Haaken Hagen-Atwell; Matthew James Ross, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #9138Structural Engineering Practicum: The First Course in a Master’s ProgramProf. James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. James Hanson is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech- nology where his teaching emphasis is structural analysis and design. Over the last nine years he has conducted research on teaching students how to evaluate the reasonableness of their results. He is the recipient of several best paper awards and teaching awards including the American Concrete Institute’s Young Member Award for Professional Achievement in 2006 and the Walter P

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

lead reviews of different chapters influid mechanics. This peer tutoring activity is similar to the team “learning syndicate” describedby McKeachie and Svinicki10. Two opportunities for peer tutoring can be captured in this singleassignment. The first was within the small team as it prepares material for its review session.The second is when the team actually delivers its review session to their classmates (i.e. teaches).In order to complete the assignment the small team of students had to meet to discuss the Page 24.1205.3different topics and divide material. The initial small group discussions facilitate both thetransmission of knowledge

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Patrick H. Oosthuizen

three cabin attendants were standing at various places in the cabin. One cabinattendant was sucked out in the decompression and another suffered serious injuries after beingstruck by debris and thrown to the floor. The body of the cabin attendant who was sucked fromthe aircraft was never found. The cockpit crewmembers immediately initiated an emergencydescent using the spoilers. The Captain found that the aircraft appeared to be less controllable ata speed below 170 knots and therefore made an emergency landing at Maui Airport at 13:58h ata speed that was approximately 40kts above the normal landing speed. There were 89 passengerson board the aircraft. Seven of these passengers suffered serious injuries and 57 suffered minorinjuries.The

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Patrick H. Oosthuizen

aircraft was never found. The cockpit crewmembers immediately initiated an emergencydescent using the spoilers. The Captain found that the aircraft appeared to be less controllable ata speed below 170 knots and therefore made an emergency landing at Maui Airport at 13:58h ata speed that was approximately 40kts above the normal landing speed. There were 89 passengerson board the aircraft. Seven of these passengers suffered serious injuries and 57 suffered minorinjuries.The probable cause of this incident was the failure of the Aloha Airlines maintenance program todetect the presence of significant disbonding and fatigue damage which ultimately led to failureof a lap joint and the separation of the upper portion of the fuselage. Contributing to the

Conference Session

ECCNE Technical Session 1 - Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DuWayne Schubring, University of Florida; Ira Harkness, University of Florida; Andreas Enqvist

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

, the program was re-sequenced to eliminate a listed summer semester.Step 3: Addition of New CoursesThree new courses are added to the 2022 curriculum. • ENU 2002 Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering – Spring Sophomore – this-two credit course replaces the one-credit ENU 4934, allowing for more depth and rigor. Student success in junior-year courses requires an introduction to basic nuclear physics, which is not offered as part of the required physics sequence, and nuclear reactors. Further, students need to be made aware of the areas of nuclear engineering, possible careers, and paths through their undergraduate studies (UG research, internships, co-ops, other opportunities) early in the curriculum to plan

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hans Mayer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Andres Elzaurdia; Christian Clephan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Arturo Flores

topic within that class?The subject of dimensional analysis and similitude is introduced in undergraduate engineeringfluid mechanics courses as a way of dealing with the often-complicated relationships between flowvariables and geometric parameters [4]. Dimensional analysis, using what is known as theBuckingham-Pi Theorem (to be explained later), allows a researcher to reduce the number ofvariables of study in a phenomenon by creating relevant dimensionless groups. Thesedimensionless groups then lead to a smaller number of experiments which are necessary tounderstand a flow phenomenon [5]. The power and utility of dimensional analysis is most easilyobserved when one has data to work with and can view and contrast that data in both a

Conference Session

Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Audra N. Morse, Michigan Technological University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Tech- nology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional en- gineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christi Boone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

offered to replace both semesters of the freshman program fortransfer students. This new course, along with a peer-mentoring program for transfer studentsthat had been initiated the prior year, seemed to offer a much needed support system for thetransfer students. The synergistic impact of the fall 2006 course and the concurrent mentoringprogram led to slating the course for transfers as a summer 2007 offering with the mentoringeffort integrated into the course. This paper provides details on course design andadministration, and on the integration of the peer-mentoring program. Student evaluations of thecourse and the mentoring are provided, as are insights from the summer mentors. This program,tailored for transfer students, is also suitable for