Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Clint COLE, Washington State University, Pullman; Mircea Dabacan, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Joe Harris, DigilentInc; Albert Fazekas, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ioana DABACAN, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

steadily increasing, universities must updatetheir curricula to cope with the increased demands of research and development required inindustry. By integrating digital design competitions into the undergraduate experience, studentsare better prepared to enter the field of engineering and make more meaningful contributions totheir firms at an earlier rate.Trying to address the current and future needs of the industry in the context of a global economy,instructors at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Rose Hulman Institute ofTechnology, USA, have integrated an annual Digital Design Competition open to engineeringstudents from the above mentioned majors. Competitions at both schools have been sponsored byDigilent and Xilinx. These

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Course Management

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Clifton, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Rob Hasker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; Mike Rowe, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

process for tabulation and problem identification. This also simplifies furtheranalysis of identified problems and suggestions for improvement.We have gone through several cycles of measurement, change, and re-measurement. There aresome curriculum areas where significant improvement has been made due to this process. Wealso have a couple of areas that continue to indicate the existence of problems and we havefocused our persistent attention on their remediation. In any case, this tightly specifiedassessment process allows us to achieve quality assessment results at a reasonable expenditure offaculty time and effort.Note that this paper is not advocating the position that all program changes should be tied tooutcomes assessment. The focus of the

Conference Session

Curriculum Reform with Cooperative Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan Dansberry, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

engineering students, both underrepresented and US citizens, who continue on toachieve advanced degrees and focus their professional efforts in areas of fundamental research.A steering committee made up of both PP and CoE faculty have been formed to develop andpilot this program, beginning as a certificate option within the already existing and nationallyrecognized mandatory co-op component of all UC undergraduate engineering degrees. An NSFgrant has been awarded to pilot the program beginning Winter Quarter of the 2006-2007academic year. Details of the program will be discussed including methods and materialscovered in preparing students for the basic research environment and definitions and certificationprocesses for determining what qualifies as a

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum & non-Technical Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Barbara Eichler, DeVry University; John Morello, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

2006-1673: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGIES FORSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (STS) STUDENTSAhmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison Ahmed S. Khan, Ph.D. is a senior Professor in the EET dept. at DeVry University, Addison, Illinois. He received his M.Sc (applied physics) from University of Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan Technological University, and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. He received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. His research interests are in the areas of Fiber Optics Communications, faculty development, and outcomes assessment, and, Internet and distance education. He is author of “The Telecommunications Fact Book” and co-author of “Technology and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dioselin Gonzalez; Ronald Glotzbach; Carlos Morales

-line]. Available:http://www.cio.com/research/current/tools/[4] Center for US – Mexican Studies (2002). Virtual Collaboration. [On-line]. Available:http://www.usmex.ucsd.edu/research/virtual_collaboration.html[5] DirectorMX product information(2003) Macromedia Corporation [On-line] . Available:http://www.macromedia.com/director[6] Media services developer Information. (2002) Microsoft Corporation. [On-line] . Available:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/developers/CARLOS R. MORALESCarlos R. Morales is an assistant professor of computer graphics at Purdue University. He holds a BA inTelecommunications and an MS Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Prior to working at Purdue University,Carlos worked as a Technical Director. His

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reynaldo M. Pablo Jr., Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

CourseA hybrid course is a combination of face-to-face instruction with online learning. In a hybridcourse, a significant part of the course learning is online. Hybrid courses typically feature 50% ina classroom environment and 50% in an online format. As a result, the amount of classroom seat-time is significantly reduced. As an alternative method to online and traditional courses, hybridcourses are now growing in number. The development of hybrid courses has become a growingtrend in higher education. Since hybrid instruction combines face-to-face instruction withelements of online learning, the crafting of a meaningful course design can be daunting1.The Hybrid AdvantageThe advantage of hybrid course is that they make it easy for more people to

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie P. Edmonson, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

andlaboratory exercises is more effective in terms of course scheduling for students and also forsynchronizing the timing of lectures and labs.Integrating Business Process Simulation SoftwareIn April 2006, the IET Industrial Advisory Committee discussed the need for the IET program toteach Business Process Simulation (BPS). Integrating this software into the Industrial EngineeringTechnology curriculum has many benefits including updating and further developing the skills of the IETfaculty in the area of Simulation modeling software technology, providing students with leading edgetechnology that they will use in industry, and possibly attracting more students from industry to take IETcourses to update their simulation skills. Discussion of how to

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; Leslie Reed, Reed Environmental

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. The original study was largely exploratory and was designed to measurebroad influences on creative behavior in a technological project management environment.Continuing that effort, the current project involved the development and implementation of aseries of lectures and skill sessions designed to assist students in developing creative capabilitiesin an electrical and computer engineering technology project management course. The projectwas designed to assist students develop more innovative ideas for capstone design projects.IntroductionThe evolutionary and diffusive nature of modern technology suggests that most challenges,opportunities and problems in 21st century life will have strong technological components. Apowerful tool for

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Alok Verma

program on student’s thinking.I. Introduction The adoption of Lean Manufacturing philosophy by manufacturers worldwide hascreated a demand for workers who are trained in the Lean principles and have an eye forthe waste in the value stream [1]. A previously developed Lean enterprise trainingprogram has been combined with a ship repair simulation activity to teach students aboutLean philosophy and its implementation. This curriculum is part of an upper-divisionelective in the Mechanical Engineering technology program at Old Dominion University(ODU). A training program in Lean enterprise was developed by the author for NorthropGrumman Newport News Apprentice School. This training program contains sevenmodules, which can be

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelley

with the Department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University tointegrate product data management applications and product lifecycle management philosophieswithin its computer-aided design curriculum. Topics covered include course information withinthe computer-aided design curriculum, technologies utilized, a group design project thatimplements components of product lifecycle management, future developments, and studentfeedback.I. Introduction Over the past two decades, many technological and philosophical influences haveradically changed approaches to design processes within manufacturing related enterprises.Arguably, no technology has had a greater affect on engineering and manufacturing thancomputer-aided design (CAD

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Fichana; Ann Marie Flynn; Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Jim Henry

10471Abstract“Greening” the engineering curriculum is an important consideration for sustainable engineeringeducation from fundamentals to design in the 21st century. This paper describes the latestadvances in an educational project sponsored by the United States Environmental ProtectionAgency to integrate green engineering principles into the chemical engineering curriculum. Thisproject has engaged faculty from engineering schools across the country to develop web-basedinstructional modules to allow for the seamless integration for green engineering principles suchas risk concepts, green chemistry, mass and energy integration, life-cycle assessment intochemical engineering courses. Currently, faculty have contributed to chemical engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

University with 55 years of part-time and full-timeteaching experience that includes mathematics, physics, and electrical-engineering courses. He has also been adesign engineer, engineering manager, and senior engineering specialist for more than 20 years. For the past 20years, he has been an engineering consultant specializing in circuit and system design, curriculum development,and technical-manual writing.THOMAS E. HULBERT is a Professor Emeritus at Northeastern University. For 35 years, he served as a facultymember and administrator in the College of Engineering. For the last 13 years, he was Director and AssociateDean of the School of Engineering Technology. Prior to joining Northeastern, he worked as a Senior IndustrialEngineer for eight years

Collection

2019 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Michael Lawrence Anderson P.E., United States Air Force; Traci A. Sarmiento, United States Air Force Academy; Cory Cooper, U.S. Air Force Academy; Donald William Rhymer, United States Air Force

“core”) curriculum, of 29 academic courses and 93 semester hours, compared to atypical general education load of 15 - 30 semester hours. This core includes a cross section ofcourses in the humanities, social sciences, basic sciences and engineering. The requirement thatall students complete a broad and lengthy core sequence in engineering is especially unique.Recently, nine revised Institutional Outcomes were developed to define the desiredcharacteristics of graduates, help drive curriculum design and facilitate assessment andaccreditation. This paper is focused on the “Application of Engineering Methods” (AEM)outcome, which specifies that ALL graduates be expected to:“…Recognize the engineering and technical challenges of the Air Force mission

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Hynes, Tufts University; David Crismond, The City College of New York; Barbara Brizuela, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

knowledge. Similar studies have beenconducted that have looked at mathematics and science teaching; however, little research hasbeen done regarding what educators learn and do when teaching engineering in middle schools.The study reported in this paper investigated three in-service, middle-school teachers with littleengineering background, explored the knowledge they used and developed to teach anengineering curriculum, and asked the following research question: What mathematics, science, and engineering subject matter knowledge do middle-school mathematics and science teachers draw upon and incorporate as they teach an engineering instructional unit on robotics?Engineering in the Middle School ClassroomEngineering education in

Conference Session

Design in the BME curriculum

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Haase PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

EngineeringAbstractHow can we impart the excitement of biomedical engineering to our freshmen from the momentthey step on campus? We have found great success with “Modeling and Design” an innovative,required course which engages our students as biomedical engineers from their first day at JohnsHopkins. Small groups, guided by upperclassmen lab managers, teaching assistants, and faculty,work through five modules including modeling human efficiency, the arm, and thecardiovascular system, as well as a foam core design project. By the conclusion of the fifthmodule, an independent modeling project, 96% of the students appreciate the value of working inteams to tackle complex challenges. They have become adept at developing and testing theirhypotheses, and presenting

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafael Obregon; Kevin Hall

struggle with learningeffective Instructional Technology practices, with different educational philosophies, and in theselection of necessary tools for reaching educational objectives. The creation of complexgeometric virtual prototypes, the production of videos, or the development of web-sites are oftenviewed as daunting tasks. With a web-based generation of learners, expectations involving visual Page 10.1462.1learning are extremely high. However, there are many easy and effective approaches to usingweb-based visualization in the design and development of technical curriculum and instruction. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Riem Rostom, Indiana State University; Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Indiana State University; A. Mehran Shahhosseini, Indiana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Shahhosseini, Sheikh F. Ferdous Department of Applied Engineering and Technology Management, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IndianaAbstractDesigning a course that involves problem-based learning for a multidisciplinary senior course ischallenging and when the same course is taught online these challenges culminate with new onesadded. This comparative analysis improves our understanding of how these challenges impactstudent learning and provides a basis for evaluating general approaches that are taken toovercome them which can benefit similar course development. The purpose of this paper is toidentify and analyze the challenges faced in a senior engineering technical core course taughtonline and face-to-face

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan McGaughey, Carnegie Mellon University; Jeremy Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

following the procedures from the MediaWiki website. Ifsecurity is not a problem, the wiki may be set as open access, such that any user can editany page simply by defining a user name and password. Security issues require anadditional tool. A plug-in program called reCAPTCHA10, developed at Carnegie MellonUniversity, is recommended. reCAPTCHA can effectively block malicious automaticregistrations and spam by requiring users to read and interpret short distorted textgraphics that are difficult for computer programs to read prior to making changes thatcontain external links.The learning curve for wiki use is not steep, and the resulting instructor workload iscomparable to that of maintaining a normal webpage. Editing a wiki page is simple

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati; Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

graduate level, due to its multidisciplinary nature. At the University ofCincinnati we have developed a number of courses in order to introduce graduate students to thistopic. However, little focus has been given to the undergraduate experience. To address thisconcern, graduate students along with their faculty advisor in the Electrical and ComputerEngineering Department have been using the required senior project to teach research methods inorder to give undergraduate students a chance to experience BioMEMS-related research. Thispaper will discuss some of the research-oriented senior projects in the BioMEMS field asexamples. A unique aspect of these projects is the focus on extended problem-based real-worldlearning examples.The senior design

Conference Session

Construction ET/Technology Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College; Larraine Kapka, Sinclair Community College; Alan Watton, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, Sinclair Community College Dr. Alan Watton is a part-time lecturer and researcher at Sinclair Community College. He is credited with developing the HVAC program at Sinclair. He spends most of his time in the research of HVAC control. Dr. Watton is a lead investigator for this grant. Page 11.1211.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching Improved Methods of Tuning and Adjusting HVAC Control SystemsProject IntroductionThe process control industry has long recognized the importance of control loop tuning. Variousloop tuning methods have existed since the 1940’s and the

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2011-244: STUDENT LEARNING AND THE CONTINUOUS PROGRAMIMPROVEMENT PROCESS IN A CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMHoward S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Kimmel is Professor of Chemical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ, and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. He has been Executive Driector for the Center for Pre-College Programs at NJIT for over 30 years. Dr. Kimmel has had numerous NSF grants and State grants focusing on professional development, curriculum, and assessment. In addition, he is a member of the assessment committee for Chemical Engineering.Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr.Angelo J. Perna is professor of Chemical and

Conference Session

SE Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Gary, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

Jazzenvironment including the Rational Team Concert (RTC) integrated development environment(IDE) to address project management for capstone projects using the Agile/Scrum methodology.Jazz/RTC allows all stakeholders (students, sponsors, and faculty) to transparently review aprocess to assess project health at any point in time. Further, transparent continuous projectmonitoring gives mentors the ability to provide just-in-time-but-not-too-late formative feedback,as well as allow continuous assessment of learning outcomes. The ability to “see where you are”in the process, and understand how the process’ practices drive progress and completion, is aninvaluable learning aid for students struggling to grasp the benefits of these methods.1

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James McDonald

in 1988 and which has been used as the basis fornumerous small changes in a variety of programs at that institution. Brodeur (2002) outlined aportfolio-based assessment program that was developed for evaluating outcomes of a revisedcurriculum of the Aeronautics and Astronautics engineering program at MIT.A number of authors have proposed and used portfolios to assess student progress in singlecourses and to assess achievement of specific outcomes across subsets of courses in engineeringprograms. Gunn, et al. (1997) describe how a portfolio was used to assess the effectiveness of a Page 10.1392.1first year integrated curriculum. In

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Victoria Bill, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Ariane Schoenwiesner, New York University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

the impact ofthe makerspace training and course integration. The responses reflect the familiarity withmakerspace equipment and learning process allowing completion of both coursework andextracurricular and personal projects.BackgroundProject-based courses and learning continue to increase in engineering programs and degrees, asuniversities seek to overhaul their curriculum, support different methods of teaching andlearning, and satisfy new ABET criteria [2]. To support these courses, new curricular programshave been developed such as the service design program, EPICS, at Purdue, and the VerticallyIntegrated Projects (VIP) program, started at Georgia Tech [3, 4]. These programs seek tosupport project-based learning from the cornerstone, first

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum and Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dutko, Bloomsburg University; Cathy Auburger, Bloomsburg University; Patrick Anderson, Bloomsburg University; Biswajit Ray, Bloomsburg University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 13.322.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Computer-Controlled Instrumentation Projects by Sophomore-Level EET StudentsAbstractThis paper presents student-initiated projects as part of an instrumentation and data acquisitioncourse for sophomore-level electronics engineering technology students. Project objectives andassociated assessment methodologies as well as general project management concepts arediscussed. Two sample instrumentation projects reported in this paper are an automated streetparking system and a computer-controlled bowling game system. Both projects focused oninstrumentation system development integrating multiple sensors and actuators, data acquisitionhardware

Conference Session

Incorporating Projects into the Curriculum

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Vaughan, Georgia Institute of Technology; William Singhose, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

- A Rocket Launch for International StudentSatellites. The goal of this initiative is to provide students with hands-on experience in thedesign, construction, and launch of space systems. ARLISS was established in 1999 as acollaboration between the Stanford University Space Systems Development Program and Page 11.230.2rocket enthusiasts from Northern California2 . Held on the Black Rock Playa (a dry lakebed) in Nevada in late September, the members of the AERO-PAC rocket club provide Figure 1: An AERO-PAC Rocketrockets like that shown in Figure 1 to launch the student satellites. The student projectsare not actually

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger P.E., FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marie A. Boyette, FLATE; Deshjuana Bagley

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Center of Excellence for Advanced Technological Education in Florida, FLATE. FLATE, now in its 10 year of op- eration, addresses curriculum, professional development, and outreach issues to support the creation of Florida’s technical workforce. Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the K-14 education community. Other funded efforts include projects for the NIH and the US Department of Education. The latter was for the development of an engineering curriculum for elementary school applications. The for- mer is for development of electric field mediated drug and gene applicators and protocols. This effort has generated over 20 patents and protocols currently in Phase II trials.Dr. Marie A. Boyette, FLATE

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Little-Wiles M.S.M., Ph.D. (A.B.D.), Purdue University, West Lafayette; Stephen Hundley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Erich J. Bauer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-Purdue University, Indianapolis Page 25.633.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Faculty Perceptions and Use of a Learning Management System at an Urban, Research InstitutionAbstractWhen universities develop and implement learning management systems for their institutions,how do the faculty feel about those systems? Do they believe they are engaging their students byusing the learning management system? What elements do they consider crucial in a learningmanagement system to benefit students, themselves, and their departments?This study examined an online

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade Peerman; Michael Payne; Vivian Chang; Sonya Havens; John Lendvay; Eliot Metzger

the Bayview-Hunters Point communitythrough environmental education so they can envisage a future in which they live in a safer andcleaner environment.BackgroundLocated in the southeast corner of the City and County of San Francisco, the Bayview-HuntersPoint (BVHP) Community lies roughly within the boundaries of the watershed that historicallydrained into Yosemite Creek. This creek has since been overcome by urban development andtoday is restricted to flow through the city’s combined sewer system or through soil medium. Page 9.321.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Design Throughout the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shannon White; Patricia Niehues; Steven Peretti; Lisa Bullard

Session 1413 A Web-Based Case Study for the Chemical Engineering Capstone Course Lisa Bullard, Patricia Niehues, Steven W. Peretti, Shannon H. White North Carolina State University One of the most daunting tasks in teaching the capstone design class is to develop suitableprojects. Some departments may not have faculty with industrial experience; other departmentsmay not be located near industrial partners to provide hands-on experience to the students; andother departments may lack faculty with deep expertise in specific areas such as biotechnology.North Carolina State University is developing, testing