Conference Session

The Use of Games and Unique Textbooks in Mathematics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth J. Reid, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

attrition rate in engineeringprograms, which is partially caused by poor math preparation13.By observation, trivial examples in which engineering formulas or geometry problems are citiedas authentic applications tend to be prefixed by "an engineer wants to..." While these "plug andchug" and abstract problems have a certain place in math texts, special attention needs to be paidto those involve problem solving. Despite the fact that "real world problems" can be considered abuzzword, using completed or in-progress real world projects as condensed Model ElicitingActivities (MEAs) could allow for authentic applications of mathematic knowledge in amultidisciplinary scenarios14.With all aspects of the literature in mind, the author set three main goals

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M UniversityDr. Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Transforming the CREDLE (Capstone Research Experience for Distance Learning Executives)AbstractIn today’s changing world, professionals have to be content experts, as well as highlyskilled problem solvers, team players, and lifelong learners. These professionals alsoneed to be taught with the industry needs in mind. Ignoring this will produce graduateswho are not meeting the changing needs of the industry. A real-time project basedlearning approach is very useful to satisfy the two primary goals: life-long learning andsyncing with current industry needs

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Interest Value of Muddiest Points in Three Biomedical EngineeringCourses. The average interest score for the Muddiest Point component of the MIP activity isfavorable. The only statistically significant difference among classes is an increase in the degreeof engagement in biomaterials over statistics (1—strongly disagree to 4-strong agree; p= 0.018,nBM=26, nST=200, and nTP=54).Moreover, there were only two statistically significant differences in student attitude regardingthe utility of the MP exercise. More specifically, students in the BM course felt that the MPhelped show the relevance of the course material to the real world more so than the TP students(p=0.012). Also, ST students felt that the MP showed the real world applications of the

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Dangelo, Intel Corp.; Rajeswari Sundararajan, Arizona State University; Narciso Macia, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 11.89.2functionality2.This paper examines a project devoted to electrical communication, interface and controlconcepts and issues. It was specifically developed to provide a real-world factory simulationmodel utilizing four industrial microcontrollers and five software languages. Each represents afactory control system interconnected via the RS-232 serial protocol. The model leveragedsimultaneous bi-directional serial communication with a PC-based Graphical User Interface(GUI). The GUI was programmed with Visual Basic (VB) and provided the factory simulationcontrol, alarming and monitoring focal point. Several factory equipment control systemproblems were encountered and solutions were developed. For in-depth learning, it was decidedto

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Campbell; Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gustavo Roig; Gordon Hopkins

electrical engineering and its diversity...real world engineeringproblems...the downsizing situation...[and it] helped me decide what branch of electricalengineering to pursue" (Marlin Brinson).In addition to the comments made at the conference, students made similar comments about theSpring Forum. Some of the students' feedback received on this activity were: “This is the bestFriday class we’ve had yet”, “Enjoyed the interaction with real engineers”, and “I’m ready to go outand work”.In addition to the anecdotal comments from student participants, general comments from facultymembers included: “I can’t think of any activity that could have a higher impact on so many minds at the sametime. You’ve found a formula that probably is the most

Conference Session

Experiences in Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hossein Rahemi, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Amir Elzawawy, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology; Yougashwar Budhoo, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

gain hands-on experience developing CAMprograms for Haas CNC machines. Rapid prototyping will be covered via 3D Printing systemssuch as Form 2, Stratasys Fortus 250 MC, 3D Systems ProJet 3600, and Magics 3D printingsoftware. Reverse engineering through the use of 3D scanning will be explored to developparts using Artec Eva Scanners, Catia, Geomagic, and SolidWorks. At the end of the program,students will have a strong foundation in real world computer-aided design, computer-aidedmanufacturing, and fabrication techniques. This is a one year certificate program and a total offour practical computer-aided design and additive manufacturing courses (8 credits) as listedbelow will be required to complete this certificate program.  CDE117

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Travis Harrington; Keith Coleman; J. Douglas Sterrett; Robert LeMaster

industrial organizations.The Center gives faculty members in the Department of Engineering an opportunity to conductapplied research that is supported with undergraduate engineering students. The students areactively involved with projects that tie their coursework to the real world, and the center providesa necessary service to regional government and industrial organizations. The concept for thecenter began in the summer of 1999 when an Energy Management Administrator with theDepartment of Finance & Administration [1], contacted the School of Engineering. TheDepartment of Finance & Administration was looking for a resource that would provide the statewith independent third-party analysis and verification of new energy management

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Davis Charles; Tony Lin

students.• Project provides excellent opportunity to work with the IE students.• Working on the integrated team gave students real world working experience to reinforce the concept of concurrent engineering.• It was beneficial to learn the basics of the injection molding process, the operation of the machine, and polypropylene.• Both the IE and ME students learned the important application of DOE to deal with the real world problems.2. Team Work• Hands on learning with another class we would otherwise have no contact with.• Both the IE and ME students learned from each other.• The IE learned the injection molding process, operation of the machine from ME students, and the ME learned how to apply DOE to a real world

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

M. Ginger Scarbrough

’ confidence ineffectively communicating their ideas. It is noteworthy that student participants remark that thejudges “treat us as colleagues, rather than making us feel judged”20.The workforce-development framework is illustrated in Figure 1. First, WERC has modeled thecontest after the engineering RFP. This contributes to the students’ understanding of how anengineering firm approaches a request for proposals from a potential client. Second, a team ofprofessional engineers from industry and government agencies develops real-world environmentalchallenges. These tasks not only motivate students by providing problems that may be applicable intheir careers, but they also enable students to make a contribution to the environmental knowledgebase, since

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session I: WIP: Experiential Learning Potpourri

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver; Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

boring and I could not see the real world application of the subjects. As a result of this, Idid not expend much effort in my early years. In the final years the classes became a lot moreinteresting and more applicable and my effort expended increased.” [5].The findings from both department-specific assessment and larger, multi-institutional studiespresent a clear motivation for preparing and motivating students to find internships [1], [2], [3],[4], [5], [6]. They also support the goal of more clearly demonstrating the connections betweenstudents’ undergraduate experience and their future roles as practicing engineers [1], [4], [5]. Bymaking those connections more direct and integrating them across the curriculum, there issignificant potential

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gabriel Ferrer; Ann Wright; Andrew Wright

learning domain in the following way:“Science and Technology are playing an ever-increasing role in our society. In order tonavigate this sea of information, students must know and understand how science doesand does not work, the application of scientific and mathematical principles, and thedistinction between science and dogma. This requires the coupling of basic scientificprinciples with systematic, critical analysis. Emphasis is on the methods used to model,gather, interpret, and evaluate data critically, and the placement of this information into alarger context. In the face of our rapidly evolving understanding of the natural world,application of the scientific method is an enduring skill for assessing the validity ofobservations related to

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division (MFG) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anis Fatima, Michigan Technological University; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Muhammad Wasif, NED University of Engineering and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

methodologies for employing digital twins tosimulate complex industrial systems, thereby improving student understanding of these advancedtechnologies in a practical, hands-on manner. These proposals suggest that digital twintechnology can play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world application in engineering education. In the context of sustainable supply chains, Kambleet al. [17] provided a comprehensive review of current trends in the use of digital twins. Theresearch primarily outlined methodologies for implementing digital twins in sustainable supplychain management but lacked detailed specifications regarding the parameters and systemsrequired for effective implementation. Similarly, David et al. [18] and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Statics and Dynamics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Krauss, Grand Valley State University

students know how to convert a block diagram into Python code for running a real-time feedback control experimentA smaller, secondary pedagogical goal was to help students appreciate that transfer functionsand block diagrams apply to real-world systems and that the block diagrams can trulyrepresent any dynamic system. When the project was initially assigned, some studentsresponded as if they are starting from scratch and as if they have no idea how transferfunctions and block diagrams apply to this new, complicated project.The visible vibration of the pendulum seems to be helpful in deepening student understandingof feedback control. Students look at the vibrations of the pendulum and know that thedirection the cart needs to move depends on

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roya Salehzadeh, Lawrence Technological University; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

, robotics, and human-computer interaction. To comply with such demand, a new course titled “Brain-Computer Interface” was developedat Lawrence Technological University (LTU) located in the state of Michigan in Spring 2024. Thiscourse integrates theory, cutting-edge simulations, hands-on experience, and working with dataacquisition systems in real-time to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of BCItechnology and its practical applications. The course curriculum covers the fundamentals of neuralsignal processing, hardware and software components, and real-world case studies. Thisinnovative course also reflects our university’s commitment to offering cutting-edge educationthat prepares students to meet future challenges and

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Secil Caskurlu, Purdue University; Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a new multidisciplinary degree program which provides both liberal arts and technical content through competency-based experiential learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Running Head: FORMAL EDUCATION AND COMPUTING PROFESSIONALS’ NEEDS The Alignment between Formal Education and Software Design Professionals’ Needs in Industry: Faculty Perception Secil Caskurlu, Iryna Ashby, & Marisa Exter

Conference Session

Practices for Student Learning Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Djuric P.E., Wayne State University; Jeremy Lewis Rickli, Wayne State University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Daniel Foster, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

for small, medium, and large manufacturers to design, plan, and testCoBot work-cells.With a predicted 150,000 CoBots to be installed worldwide in the next three years (Anandan,2014) and a suggested net present value 25% greater than traditional robot solutions (muchgreater for manual solutions) (Kruger et al., 2009), it is imperative that CoBot work-cells inmanufacturing be well understood and designed. The Executive Summary World Robotics(2016) predicts that double-digit growth of industrial robotics will happen between 2016 and2019 and that linking the real-life factory with virtual reality will play an increasingly importantrole in global manufacturing. Within this period, Executive Summary Word Robotics alsopredicts that human-robot

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvester Osinachi Iro P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #46491DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PORTABLE INVERTER GENERATORFOR STABLE AND EMERGENCY FLIGHT LINE POWER SUPPLYMr. Sylvester Osinachi Iro P.E., Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna I am deeply passionate about solving real-world challenges, especially those involving energy efficiency and technology innovation. As an undergraduate student who majored in Aircraft Engineering Technology at Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, I have always been fascinated by the intersection of engineering principles and their practical applications in everyday life. Growing up in Nigeria, where power instability is a

Conference Session

Gender Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rachel Ann Baker

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Gender

Women issues Applications in Academic application real world to highlight that all the participants positively scored their Innovative ideas experience. Techniques

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships, Teaching Strategies & Collaborative Networks (IUCEE, IFEES, LACCEI.... )

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Jose Carlos Quadrado, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa; Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

Tagged Divisions

International

IFEES Global Engineering Education SummitAbstractThe International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) held its second GlobalEngineering Education Summit in Cape Town, South Africa in October 2008. The goal of theSummit was to begin aligning the initiatives of the engineering education societies, industriesand government agencies around the world to maximize impact on knowledge economies. A fivehour workshop specially designed by the World Bank Institute was embedded in the two daySummit to assist the leaders in formulating local and global, long and short term action plans.The highly interactive Summit began with policy makers presenting their perspectives, and wasfollowed by short presentations by engineering education

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Qunying Gao; Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

VB programs conveniently (without the need to open additional programs) and withoutbeing a Windows programming expert. It allows a programmer to create working programs inmuch less time than it normally takes to code programs without using IDEs. VB is the world’smost widely used Rapid Application Development (RAD) language. VB is a distinctly differentlanguage providing powerful features such as graphical user interfaces (GUI), event handling,object-oriented features, error handling, and structured programming.VB provides facilities to create application specific objects. Being an OOP language, it followsthe methodology of OOP to model real world objects and other concepts through code. Thereare a number of ways the OOP can be implemented

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan Ventura, Rutgers University; Abdallah Khreishah, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Durga Misra, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

courses.IntroductionWith the advent of personal mobile phones, the average individual is capable of accessing thevast knowledge contained in the World Wide Web using a device not much larger than acalculator. As a result, mobile phones are an underutilized educational tool with the potential toserve as a classroom supplement or even replacement. Their use has barely been explored, likelydue to their (initially) low computational power and their ability to distract students. However,these devices are now powerful enough to run some of the most versatile programs. This allowseducators and developers to exploit the teaching potential of mobile devices.This paper presents a multi-platform educational application with a focus on university levelgeometric optics. This

Conference Session

Tools and Techniques

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H. Salib, James Madison University; John David Lester

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

inter-networking courses, where integration of physical and emulated devices withSDN controllers and application is required, we chose GNS3 (see Figure 2) . Figure 2: An example of a simple SDN-based switching network3.3.1 GNS3Graphical Network Simulator-3 (GNS3) is an open-source network software emulator written inPython. It allows the combination of virtual and real devices, used to simulate complex networks. Ituses Dynamips emulation software to simulate the Cisco IOS. Most recently, GNS3 has expandedits integration portfolio to include Docker Containers, VMware virtual machines (VMs), Virtu-alBox VMs and KVM/QEMU VMs. GNS3 is used by many large companies including Exxon,Walmart, AT&T, and NASA, and is also popular

Conference Session

Case Studies, Engineering Education and Outcome Assessment Around the Globe

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Ricardo Mejia, Universidad EAFIT; Carlos Rodriguez, Universidad EAFIT

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2010-433: COLLABORATIVE TOOLS FOR GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECTMANAGEMENT: CASE STUDY OF AN ACADEMIC EXPERIENCEIvan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engineering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in collaboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American Society for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Douglas E. Melton, Kern Family Foundation

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

my work on the project to be satisfying. 4.03 0.75 4. The real-world application of the project motivated me to do my best work. 4.10 0.83 5. The open-ended nature of the project motivated me to do my best work. 3.83 0.93 6. The project improved my technical skills in reporting a solution to a customer. 3.79 0.97Table 4. Students’ mean rating of statements concerning the Dubai Island DesalinationEML assignment. The scale is 1 = none at all, 2 = slightly, 3 = on some occasions, 4 = manytimes, 5 = throughout most of the project. (Statements with * were only distributed to 27%of the students.) During the course of this project, to what extent did

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Ritter III, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Terrence L. Chambers PE, University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Christoph W. Borst, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ofthe solar energy expert is able to remotely interact with the high school students, answeringquestions and providing guidance. The VE has been built with networking capabilities so thatmultiple students can enter the 3D environment and interact with each other within the VEC.Several demonstrations have been performed and a pilot study with the desktop version wasgiven to college and STEM high school students. The study was assessed with pre-test, post-test,and questionnaires. Along with positive feedback about the experience there was a substantialimprovement on the post-tests, showing that this type of application can be used as aneducational tool.IntroductionWith increased technology, the traditional educational system needs to reform to

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Ronald Welch

projects here. ‚ How to think outside of the box. ‚ That real-world problems require in-depth thinking and problem solving and that the skills I have learned earlier in my student career are actually applicable. ‚ There are so many points in a project to get stopped or distracted. I learned how to anticipate them and react to them. ‚ I enjoyed learning how to “sell” an idea. Page 9.1334.16 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference& Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Madhav D. Patil; Tamer Abukhalil

project, robotsbees. Till date, most existing swarm robot systems have use different colored light emitting diodes (LED) andbeen designed and implemented with homogeneous omnidirectional camera for communicating with eachhardware. Only a few of them have heterogeneous robots, other. The camera is pointed at a half spherical mirror tobut those swarm system were limited physically and directly acquire images from its surroundings. Thebehaviorally. Due to the lack of methods and tools, swarm problem with swarm bot is that, the images that camerarobot designers cannot achieve the complexity required receives are further away than seen in mirror. Table Іfor the real world applications

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Chen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

crucial for the practical application of probability theory in real-world scenarios.Moreover, this gives them a chance to think through the problem setting by themselves before theinstructor “discloses” the answer and guides them through the problem-solving process. Since thisis a simplified version of the in-class example presented in the form of a matching problem (ormultiple-choice, multiple-answer, true/false, fill-in-blanks quiz problems in other cases), it doesnot demand a significant time commitment from students. After the lecture, a review question likethe one in Figure 4(d) is often included in the next quiz to give students another opportunity toreflect what they have learnt during class. This type of just-in-time learning periodically

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations for Future-Ready Engineering Talents

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jabeom Koo, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

gap between measurement results and simulation. This inturn helped students focus on simulation by using design tools with less time and energy spenton hardware related experiments. Students often easily get lost in theory-based designs andlose insight about real behavior of the circuits and systems. Hands-on experiments via juniorand senior projects, therefore, are essential in the proposed curriculum. As course surveyreveals, students encounter side effects from real world and realize the importance of and spendconsiderable time and efforts on circuit debugging. This process helps them realize textbookknowledge, allows them to learn industry knowledge and, en route, entice more students tomicroelectronics field. Author believes that this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott W Campbell, University of South Florida; Sylvia W. Thomas, University of South Florida; Venkat R. Bhethanabotla, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

plan on incorporating real life applicationsand research topics into my lesson plans. I also plan on having more hands on activities thatallow students to better understand concepts.It has provided me with experience to bring back to the classroom real world topics andinnovative ideas and practices to enhance the classroom experience.Answers the typical student question, “When am I going to use this?” Real application ofscience and math that will translate into real life examples for the classroom lessons.In school classrooms we always do experiments where we know the expected outcome. Inresearch, an outcome is usually not expected and is in some cases surprising. I want to focus ondoing more open ended experiences where students can conduct