Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail H Keraga, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tracy N Schierenbeck, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Linda McCloskey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Smith, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

considerations: the targeted audience/customer(s); identified learning objectives;sequencing of instruction; selection of instructional strategies; evaluation ofaudience/customer(s) learning and instructional effectiveness.Given the Archer Center’s roots in Student Development, assessment has always played anintegral part in the delivery of services and programs outside of the curriculum. This knowledgeand experience has been applied to the credit bearing courses taught by the Archer Center for theSchool of Engineering. This paper will address the continuous feed-forward evolution ofProfessional Development I (PD-1) and Professional Development III (PD-3). The descriptionof the assessment process and some of the impacts will follow a historical

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Gary Teng, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Yesim Sireli, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Karen Elmore, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

& problems, Make decisions at all levels of an organization from the top management problems, to strategic planning, product development and launching, production, marketing & sales, logistics support, and field services, Understand future trend in global markets and economy, and Manage multinational units, projects, & global supply chains.BSSE Curriculum DesignThe activities in the design of the BSSE curriculum include benchmarking other similarprograms, performing an industry needs analysis, and fulfilling the needs from other engineeringdepartments in SE skills and the institution’s B.S. requirements. Figure 2 shows the frameworkfor BSSE curriculum design analysis. The framework includes the

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University; Charles Bunting, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

project. As wireless devices and networks continue tobecome more prevalent, it is more critical that electrical engineers of all sub-disciplines have aworking knowledge of RF concepts and devices. Many courses on RF design require asignificant prior knowledge of electromagnetics, however, limiting student access. To counterthis trend a one semester course was developed designed explore ideas of teaching RF conceptsas a “technological enabler” in order to give students who specialize in non-RF disciplines abasic understanding of RF system design. The participating faculty identified three critical areasthat needed to be addressed sequentially to meet the goal of serving as a technological enabler:the ability to perform and understand RF

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Choate, Western Kentucky University; Kevin Schmaltz, Western Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

all four years of the curriculum, assuring student success in developing theseskills. It is also necessary to assess the results and progress of students as they move through thecurriculum. These outcomes can be difficult to define and therefore assess, so previouslyagreed-upon descriptions and measurement tools help this process. A final benefit of the plans is Page 11.754.3the opportunity to make adjustments as the students develop; instead of observing professionalshortcomings at the senior level, earlier results can allow for more timely corrections to be made.The demonstrated result has been that the capstone course is an integrative

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University; David B. Rank, Root Cause Consortium, LLC

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #6230A Hands-On, Active Learning Approach to Increasing Manufacturing Knowl-edge in Engineering StudentsDr. Jay R. Goldberg P.E., Marquette University Jay R. Goldberg, Ph.D, P. E. is a Clinical Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University, and Director of the Healthcare Technologies Management program at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee). He teaches courses involving project management, new product development, and medical device design. His experience includes development of new prod- ucts in urology, orthopedics, GI, and dentistry. Dr. Goldberg

Conference Session

Aerospace Curriculum and Collaborations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sanjay Jayaram, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, and Technology; Michael Swartwout, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

-hundredth student-built satellite was launched in 2008, and anaverage of more than 10 satellites per year have been launched in the last half ofthis decade.Recent literature discusses the critical need of astronautics and spacecraftdesign/systems engineering programs at universities and the response to thegrowing shortage of space workforce. Gruntman, et al [1, 2] discussed the needsto improve space-related education that had emerged as a major challenge forspace enterprise. The authors pointed out that development of the future spaceworkforce requires a concentrated effort from government, space industry andacademia. Pelton, et al [4] presented their findings about the quality, vibrancy andappeal of science and technical education, particularly in

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; George Toye, Stanford University; Felix Kempf, King's College London; Nada Elfiki, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

middle-school aged students.Mr. Felix Kempf, King’s College LondonNada Elfiki, Stanford University Nada Elfiki is a researcher in the Designing Education Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her research interests focus on the development of innovative and entrepreneurial behavior in academia and in practice. She studied Management and Technology with specializations in Mechanical Engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship as well as finance at the Technical University of Munich. She is also an alumna scholar of the entrepreneurial qualification program (Manage and More) at the Center for Innovation and Business Creation in Munich (UnternehmerTUM). Nada worked as a venture capital

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen L. Bollenbach, University of Virginia; Erika D. Powell, University of Virginia; Stephanie L. Moore, University of Virginia; James F. Groves, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

on group projects that are a standard element of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Thus, real-time interaction ability was seen as a key strategy for preventing the development of isolated learners who would begin to feel alienated and powerless.Within the PRODUCED program, the desire to provide for real-time communication andcollaboration has led to the adoption of two software tools paid for by university site licenses.For formal class sessions, the program employs a web-conferencing software platform thatallows faculty to manage their mixed face-to-face and online classroom environment. Theplatform:  Integrates into the university’s learning management system,  Permits online students to join class

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technical University; Marshall Norris, Tennessee Technological University; Mithila Rajeshirke, Tennessee Technological University; Orkhan Huseynov, Tennessee Technological University; Suhas Alkunte, Tennessee Technological University; Mohammad Alshaikh Ali, Tennessee Technological University; Joji Jeevan Kumar Dasari, Tennessee Technological University; Zhicheng Zhang, Tennessee Technological University

Institute ofScience, Bangalore in 2003. This project is funded by the Ministry of Human ResourceDevelopment, a branch of the Indian government and is an online curriculum developmentprogram in sciences and engineering at university and research levels [37]. 235 courses inweb/video format were developed considering five core disciplines: mechanical engineering,civil engineering, computer science and engineering, electronics and communicationengineering, and electrical engineering. An additional 600 web video courses were created inmajor branches of engineering, and physical sciences at the undergraduate, and postgraduatelevels and management courses at the postgraduate level [38].NPTEL is the largest online repository in the world of courses in

Conference Session

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mukasa Ssemakula, Wayne State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Page 13.958.3600 m2 facility at University of Washington. The objective was to create an integrated practice-based engineering curriculum that balances analytical and theoretical knowledge with physicalfacilities for product realization in an industrial-like setting. The LF model offers students intraditional engineering disciplines an alternative path to a degree that prepares them for careersin manufacturing, design and product realization.Although the LF model has been successfully implemented in several other universities, fullimplementation can be expensive. In 2002, Wayne State University was awarded an NSF grantto develop an adaptation of the LF model that would be less costly to implement. Our NSFproject involved the adaptation the

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kragh; Jeffrey Reed; Carl Dietrich; Donna Miller

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

systemsengineering methodologies, design architecture, and hardware issues. The SoftwareCommunications Architecture (SCA), a military SDR design standard, is used as anillustrative example of smart systems engineering through establishment of a well-definedarchitecture. Software topics include software architectures, object oriented programming,the SCA and other relevant software standards, multi-rate signal processing, and softwareengineering. Hardware topics include the radio frequency front end, analog-to-digital anddigital-to-analog converters, microprocessors, digital signal processors, and fieldprogrammable gate arrays. Hands-on SDR laboratories undergird project-based learning.Laboratories include development of SCA-based modular signal processing

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Suckarieh, University of Cincinnati; Kathleen Ossman, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

” distinction.Flexibility of the programs in providing enriching experiences to serve academicallytalented students becomes extremely important for the success of the programs. However,when well conceived, the programs become catalysts to all technology programs as theyprovide new dimensions to faculty and students. Not only technology honors programsenrich the education of honors students, but they also fill an important gap forprofessional development of faculty created by lack of funding and/or lack of graduate Page 11.1302.3programs, and promote expansion of education in the undergraduate engineeringtechnology curricula.3. Honors Sections of Courses in the

Conference Session

Manufacturing Curriculum and Course Innovations

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faisal Aqlan, Penn State Behrend; E. George Walters III P.E., Penn State Behrend

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, both from Lehigh University. He has been a licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania since 1998. Dr. Walters worked in industry as a controls and automation engineer for eighteen years prior to joining the faculty at Behrend in 2010. Most of his experience is in the design, development, and commissioning of PLC-based control systems for the food & beverage and cement industries. He has developed and teaches a course on PLC-based control systems for engineers. He also teaches a course on advanced digital design using FPGAs, a course on embedded systems using 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, and the two-semester capstone project sequence for electrical and

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

involved in using continually-evolving system-level design tools and theefforts made to reduce their learning times.IntroductionABET 2000 requires providing students with a significant hands-on design experience.Graduating electrical engineering students should have the ability to develop system-leveldesigns for a variety of applications, implement these designs in functional hardware, and test thehardware in real-life operating conditions. To achieve such professional competence, studentsshould be required to participate in a sequence of hardware design experiments and projects.These laboratory exercises aim at: a) sharpening students’ abilities to design complex digitalcircuits and systems, and to interface these designs to peripheral devices, b

Conference Session

Curriculum in Telecommunications Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Hasan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

incorporating research elements: Although undergraduate students may not bematured enough for research, a flavor of such could be introduced to them 11. Performance andpower consumption of a design, trade-offs among various metrics, and the issues of reliabilityand upgradability could be analyzed for a design implementation. These activities are expectedto stimulate critical thinking in the students that would be beneficial in the capstone designproject in their senior year as well as in the profession.With the above points in view, this paper outlines both the lecture and laboratory contents ofsuch a course, its evaluation strategy, course related research involving students, justification andincorporation of the course in the curriculum. The paper

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

UC Berkeley coordinating cross-campus design activities at the Cal Design Lab, and launched the College of Environmental Design’s first ever Design Frontiers Workshops. Since receiving her PhD from Stanford in 2008, Wendy has been innovating curriculum at the intersection of technology, design and the arts. At CDR, Wendy aims to increase awareness and appreciation for the role of Design Research and to make the Bay Area the epicenter for design intellectualism and discourse. Page 24.1004.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Press Play: A Course

Conference Session

Innovations to Curriculum and Program

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University; Opal McFarlane, Hadady Corporation

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-1108: ECO-FRIENDLY BUSINESS PRACTICES CAN CREATEOPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATIONRalph Ocon, Purdue University Professor of Organizational Leadership & SupervisionOpal McFarlane, Hadady Corporation Safety and Training Engineer Page 13.459.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Eco-Friendly Business Practices Can Create Opportunities For InnovationAbstractGlobal warming, along with other ecological concerns have made environmental health anational and global issue in every industry. The social, governmental and economic pressureshave created the need for companies to develop eco-friendly business practices whilemaintaining efficiency. For

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; David Michael Labyak, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is especially true for an engineering technologycurriculum that requires graduates to be familiar with the modern tools used in industry,but is common in engineering curriculum as well. The unique topics examined in thispaper are the methods used to teach FEA to develop skills for accurate analysis andreporting of results in a format required by industry professionals.Common modeling errors are discussed in this paper, such as element selection whichcan greatly affect the outcome of the analysis. Too often, a new analyst will apply meshesto the model without understanding why proper element selection is important. With FEsoftware being easier to use, more and more people will use default elements withoutunderstanding how the elements behave

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Terry Beck, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

2006-2048: INTRODUCTION TO AERODYNAMICS: A DESIGN/BUILD/TESTEXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGSTUDENTSB. Terry Beck, Kansas State University B. TERRY BECK is a Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Kansas State University and teaches courses in the fluid and thermal sciences. He conducts research in the development and application of optical measurement techniques, including laser velocimetry and laser-based diagnostic testing for industrial applications. Dr. Beck received his B.S. (1971), M.S. (1974), and Ph.D. (1978) degrees in mechanical engineering from Oakland University

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

approach to provide students in a Project Management course with the knowledgeof a worldwide ethic and how to apply that ethic in engineering projects.INTRODUCTIONThere is constant pressure to provide a four-year engineering curriculum with the breadth ofknowledge students require as a basis for a successful career. In order to develop the non-technical skills required for success (and required by ABET) along with an increasing technicalrequirement, it has been necessary to integrate the non-technical knowledge and skillsdevelopment into our technical curriculum.The vast majority of the early and present day contributions in the ethics area emanate from civilengineering, chemical engineering and bioengineering. Not surprisingly, these fields can

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

changing faculty) is being explored in an NSF-supported project “Changing Faculty throughLearning Communities.” The project employs four mechanisms to promote change in facultymembers: speakers, workshops, faculty learning communities (FLC), and matching grants tosupport women students. Specifically, the project aims to catalyze changes in the way facultythink about four concepts that are tightly linked to the concept of gender diversity: 1) mentalmodels, 2) development and invitation, 3) personal vision and commitment, and 4) the culture ofengineering and science. The following paper describes change mechanisms, highlighting FLC,and four changes that learning community participants report. Participants a) shifted fromsearching for external

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 23.472.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 ELECTRONIC PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: A NASA SPONSORED EXAMPLEIntroduction Recently, the Electronic Systems Engineering Technology program at Texas A&MUniversity has undergone a major curriculum revision. The program, once focused on producinggraduates for the general electronics and telecommunications industries, now has a strongemphasis on electronic product and system development. The primary reasons for this changeare two-fold. First, the United States has seen declining enrollments in engineering and technologydepartments over the past five years1 and this

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Patrick Jr., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

on enhancing undergradu- ate and graduate student learning, engagement, and workforce development by transforming biomedical engineering education through scholarship and research of innovative teaching and learning practices and technologies. He has worked in higher education for more than 35 years at state and private universities and an NCI comprehensive cancer hospital. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work in Progress: Professional Development Through High- Impact ExperiencesIntroductionThe Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU)comprehensively redesigned its undergraduate curriculum in response to a host

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P. E., Western Carolina University; Scott Rowe, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

learned from ChatGPT use as adevelopment tool in this role. Overall, significant human knowledge of the programming problemremains necessary despite the inclusion of artificial intelligence in this engineering task.In 2022 AI reached a major milestone with the public release of Dall-E [1] which allowed thegeneral public to create images using plain text requests. This was followed by another productcalled ChatGPT from the same company.There has been a long history of artificial intelligence developments, such as the program Eliza,developed in the 1960s [2].These tools have captured public attention because of their approachability for simple inputs thatlead to complex outputs. In the engineering world, these can perform a wide variety of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Gomez-Rivas, University of Houston-Downtown; George Pincus, University of Houston-Downtown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Second World War. Using cranes, gun turrets andjacks he developed the necessary testing equipment. The professor was also a car nut andexpended many hours in the garage and was very active in automotive organizations. Onemorning going to school preoccupied with the lack of laboratories for his thermodynamics class,he went to the garage and saw his dream laboratory shown in Figure 1. At that moment, herealized that he had a full thermodynamics laboratory with engines, superchargers, heatexchangers, and instrumentation. Furthermore, he had all necessary technical manuals andspecifications. On the other hand, in a class of fifteen to twenty students there are the samenumber of engines found in the vehicles owned by the students and the instructor

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

indicated thathorizontal alignment has the potential to be transformative, and therefore, can be a candidate-concept for the activities associated with scaffolding of highway design process.IntroductionStreamlining the instructional activities was and will be an ongoing struggle both for instructors,at the classroom level, and administrators, at the institutional level. As each field of knowledgegrows, students struggle with their transition from novice to expert in their academic growth.Addressing these struggles is even more stringent for design activities that are typically part ofthe engineering curriculum. Addressing design problems is and it will be a challenging task ininstruction because of the openness and complexity of these problems1

Conference Session

Curriculum & Student Enrollment II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Bazdresch, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 24.1299.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Unleashing Student Creativity with Digital Design PatternsIntroductionThe design of digital logic circuits is, in part, a creative process. A solution to a logic designproblem must be imagined before it can be implemented. Creativity takes time and effort todevelop. With sufficient experience, students who design logic circuits can become quiteproficient in it (this often occurs only after graduation). In a classroom environment, however,teaching creativity is challenging. We believe that, with specific techniques, it is possible toencourage its development in such a way that students are able to design, implement and testsolutions to more

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Tzu-liang Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Md Fashiar Rahman, University of Texas at El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University

curricularenhancement, students’ expectations, and technical skillsets development from students’perspectives.Keywords: Engineering Education; Quality Function Deployment; Curriculum Review; Designfor Manufacturability2 INTRODUCTIONThe proliferation of computers and information technology changes the landscape in every sectorranging from industrial domain to federal/non-federal companies to societal issues [1-3].Consequently, today’s engineers are facing continuous challenges due to the rapid changes in theproblem domain [4, 5]. Operational and production systems become dynamic, customer demandsare shifting, systems parameters are changing, and cyber-physical systems are introduced in manysystems. Together, it creates a new transformation of the industrial

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, University of Minho; Victor F. A. Barros, University of Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Emilia Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho; Isabel Ramos, University of Minho

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

1 2 - 7 Professors 5 16 4 7 1 9 Students 5 5 5 3 - 2 Total 11 (27%) 30 (73%) 10 (24,4%) 12 (29,2%) 1 (2,4%) 18 (44%)The working group members provided all the relevant information during the quantitative dataanalysis, the interviews carried out in all the University of Minho (Step 3) as well as in theworkshops developed at the School of Engineering (Step 4).It was considered relevant to involve men in discussion, so that the project would be seen as aproject that really

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2007-2535: ADVANCED AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING EDUCATIONPROJECTJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 12.183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Advanced Aerospace Manufacturing Education ProjectAbstractThe Aerospace manufacturing industry segment is facing problems of a “graying” workforce. Inaddition they face the challenges of increasing productivity and integrating new materialsaccentuating the need to attract new engineers to the manufacturing workplace.This paper describes a project funded by the National Science Foundation to examine thechanging needs of the aerospace manufacturing industries, and to develop curricula materials