Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University-Erie

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

). Page 12.55.4 Figure 5Fan curves are available from manufacturers’ data sheets. For the exercise described inthis paper actual measurements are used to generate a flow characteristic curve instead ofusing a curve from the manufacturer. That way the students get to see for themselveshow the curve is generated.Various methods can be used to develop a flow impedance curve for the system. Manualcalculations can be used to generate the flow impedance curve. Standard pressure dropcalculations can be used to determine drops across various parts of the system such asperforated plates, other types of vents, and various types of obstructions inside thesystem. Many “rules of thumb” are available for estimating

Conference Session

Opportunities in Environmental Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Pines

Session 3651 Including Service Learning In The Environmental Engineering Research Project David Pines College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of HartfordAbstractService learning provides a meaningful service to the community as well as a relevant learningexperience for the student. The service done by the student is linked to course outcomes andenhances the learning experience that occurs in the classroom. Service learning wasincorporated into the civil engineering curriculum at the

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Boronkay; Janak Dave

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferencesInternational Education Collaborations, Loren Zachary, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000.How Can University Provide a Global Perspective for Engineers, Natalie Mello, ASEE Annual Conference, June2000.Cross-Cultural Service Learning for Responsible Engineering Graduates, David Vader, Carl Erikson and John Eby,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Diversity: The Role of International Students as the New Global Prerequisite, Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Saeid Eydgahi,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Senior Capstone Design Project in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum,Thomas G. Boronkay and Janak Dave, IMECE 2001, November 2001.Creation, Development, and Approval of Design, Build

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Cremin

analysis, testing and prosthesis. Testing for speech and hearing impairment utilize electronicdevices such as audiometers and microphones coupled with computers. As prosthesis, hearingaids and electronic communicators substitute for damaged auditory and speech organs.Avionics focuses on the use of electronics to provide human speech and data transmission andreception, while utilizing the science of speech for electronic system development. An exampleof the use of speech science to improve electronic communications is the Linear PredictiveCoder6 (LPC). An LPC produces a time varying model of the vocal tract excitation and transferfunction from the speech waveform. An LPC speech synthesizer uses the mathematical model ofthe vocal tract to provide

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiaobin Le P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Richard L. Roberts, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Herb Connors, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

adesign project. The number one design criteria for a design project is that the product must besafe[1]. To know whether a product or a component is safe or not, the first information thatmechanical engineers must obtain is its internal forces through engineering statics. Engineeringstatics is the first technical core course in a sophomore-level engineering curriculum. Teachingand learning engineering statics is a challenge because the concepts of moments, reaction forces,the behavior of different supports, the free-body diagrams, a group of coupling-equations forsolving unknown forces, trusses, frames, machines, etc. are abstract and difficult to beappreciated [2, 3]. Typically, the engineering statics course is treated as a gatekeeper for

Conference Session

Construction Session 3: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Holt, University of Denver; Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Christine L Chasek, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Tagged Divisions

Construction

]. There has not been any studies comparingCM learning styles and engineering learning styles. The lack of studies in this area indicates agap in the literature. This study was designed to examine the learning styles of a largerpopulation of CM students from across the U.S. and compare them to engineering learning stylesto fill the gap.Research QuestionsThe research questions for this study were; 1. What are the learning styles of undergraduatestudents in four year CM curriculum programs? 2. How do CM student learning styles comparewith other engineering student learning style studies [13, 18, 20, 21], to determine if there is adifference between learning styles specific to CM students and engineering students, as has beencalled for by Felder and

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard N. Shapiro, Iowa State University; Gloria Starns, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

that have been developed through decades ofresearch are based on how people learn and are not unique to traditional face-to-face instruction.Effective teaching, both face-to-face and on line, requires that the teacher is knowledgeable aboutbest practice and is skilled in delivery. As noted by Watwood, et.al. [1], the advent of onlineinstruction is “serving to disrupt teaching as we previously knew it.” This provides uniqueopportunities for faculty to learn about effective teaching and provides a new context for applyingthis learning. It also provides significant challenges as many faculty must learn about pedagogy aswell as the technological tools available for both online and face-to-face instruction.In this paper, we discuss both the

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

T. R. Chandrupatla; Ralph A. Dusseau; John L. Schmalzel; C. Stewart Slater

accommodate rapidly changing technology ● Integrated curriculum emphasizing engineering applications beginning in the Freshman year ● A “hands-on” project oriented approach to engineering ● Team work and cooperative learning throughout the curriculum ● Strong commitment to the Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts ● Strong commitment to integrate communications throughout the curriculum ● Extensive use of computers throughout the curriculum ● Exposure to business principles in engineering Collaborations with industry and guidance from an Industrial Advisory Board will help develop andmaintain a leading-edge School of Engineering. Summer internships for students with local industry will

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Bryan Pfaffenberger; Susan Carlson-Skalak; John P. O'Connell; Timothy P. Scott; Mark A. Shields

2653 Teaching Professional Development in the First-Year Writing Course Bryan Pfaffenberger, Susan Carlson, John P. O'Connell, Timothy P. Scott, Mark A. Shields School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia Abstract to ethical dilemmas are prized just as highly as problem-solving expertise. Engineering educatorsTwo of the significant thrusts of reform in the first- are calling for curriculum reforms that will bringyear engineering curriculum--creating enthusiasm

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University; Traian Marius Truta, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Computer Information TechnologyAbstractIn this paper, we describe the process of developing and implementing the masters program incomputer information technology (MSCIT) at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). The majorgoal of this paper is to present the structure of the curriculum. The curriculum is divided into thefollowing components: bridge courses, intermediate core courses, advanced core courses,elective courses. We incorporate flexibility in our program by including many interdisciplinaryelective courses. We also include in this paper how we assessed the need of such a program. Forthis, we carried out following steps: conduct a survey to analyze the industry demand, conduct asurvey that explore students’ interest in this program, analyze

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schneider

history within the computer science discipline. While programming languages and styleshave changed, the same basic problems in teaching the science of software programming stillexist.The shortcomings of a programming-first approach in the introductory curriculum is outlined inthe ACM Computing Curricula 2001. By focusing on software programming solely, the studentsare provided a narrow exposure to the computer science discipline which tends to oversimplifythe design, analysis, and testing activities. The understanding of syntax with inadequatealgorithmic skills leaves students with an improvised method of program development, oftenrelying on trial and error. However, the programming centric introductory courses do allowstudents to acquire new

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cheryl Willis; Susan Miertschin

workers separated by either or both geography andtime that collaborate electronically toward a common goal or purpose. It is often temporary, inexistence only until the goal is achieved.1 In addition to teamwork competencies, virtualworkplaces require graduates well-versed in the technology used to store, process, and deliverinformation electronically. The investigators embarked on a curriculum development project thatattempts to develop the students’ skill in electronic collaboration. In the process, they learnedthat just providing electronic tools and content about working in teams did not automaticallyproduce electronic collaborators. They learned that electronic collaboration is both similar to and

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

2004_1612Coupling Engineering and Entrepreneurship Education through Fuel Cell Product Development Tze-Chi, Hsu and Bee-Shan, Han Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. metchsu@saturn.yzu.edu.twAbstractThis paper presents an overview of the entrepreneurship curriculum at Yuan Ze University. In thiscurriculum, thirteen courses are identified as required courses for students that intend to apply fuel cellas the key component for starting a new company. The thirteen courses include fuel cell

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi A. Diefes

expected ofgraduates for each program outcome; they are measurable. Examples of the performance criteriafor POs 2 and 10 are shown in Table 3. Once program outcomes and associated performancecriteria have been established, all of the courses that comprise the curriculum should beevaluated for ABET compliance by the teaching faculty. This is a first step towards realizing thedeficiencies in a program and the gaps that may exist between the expected outcomes and theactual course level outcomes. The relationship between program outcomes, performance criteriaand course learning objectives, topics, and practices must be established to develop an ABET-compliant course profile. The lack of published or available material on methods employed toestablish

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey B. Hargrove

was studied and ten differentmicroprocessor-controlled mechatronic applications were identified3. The application of thesedevices is indeed a very simple matter, especially in light of software and hardware developmenttools designed to aid in the process. It is a goal that mechanical engineering students completingthe mechatronics courses at Kettering University leave with a firm belief that incorporatingmicrocontroller technology in mechatronic designs is to be considered a routine thing.In developing mechatronics for mechanical engineering students at Kettering University, it waskept in mind that the core curriculum already contains components that are sometimesconsidered to be “mechatronics” in some programs. Specifically, the ME core

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacek Jarzynski; Sheldon M. Jeter

Session 2566 Development of an Innovative Engineering Sciences and Systems Laboratory Course Sheldon M. Jeter and Jacek Jarzynski Georgia Institute of Technology INTRODUCTION In the fall of 1999 Georgia Tech changed from a ten week quarter to a fifteenweek semester schedule. This change created the need and opportunity to revise theundergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. An important overall curriculumchange was to discontinue the dual track curriculum that featured some concentration oneither mechanical systems or thermal energy and fluid systems. The curriculum

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T.R. Hsu; P. Reischl; P. Hsu; J.C. Wang; F. Barez; B.J. Furman

application of electronics,microprocessors and software in designing electro-mechanical systems , mechatronicsproducts and process control systems. The laboratory development is a principal part ofan award for “ Undergraduate Curriculum Development on Mechatronics SystemEngineering ” by the division of undergraduate education of the National ScienceFoundation (NSF). Major task of the new laboratory is to support instruction and providehands-on study of two of the five new courses : ME106 Fundamentals of MechatronicsSystem Engineering and ME 190 Mechatronics System Design. This paper presents theprogress made in developing the new mechatronics engineering laboratory.1. Introduction The rapid advances of microprocessor and microcomputer technologies

Conference Session

Stimulating Broader Industrial Participation in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Joseph L. Gutenson, Western Kentucky University, Center for Water Resource Studies

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

environmental consultant prior to being employed by the Center in 2004.Andrew N.S. Ernest, Western Kentucky UniversityJoseph L. Gutenson, Center for Water Resource Studies - Western Kentucky University Joseph Gutenson has been an employee at the Center for Water Resource Studies for over two years. His duties have varied but most of his time is devoted to research and field work. He is proficient in ArcGIS, creating maps for a variety of purposes. In addition, he has been a contributor to the WTI program, assisting in research endeavors, curriculum development, and student advising. Joseph graduated Magna cum Laude from Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Science in Geography and plans to begin pursuit of his

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

in tune with departmentalplans, curricula, courses, degree objectives and desired student learning outcomes. The existing foundation for the department’s education processes included a departmentalstrategic plan that defines the department’s core values, beliefs, mission, and vision. Corelearning objectives were developed and approved for all major courses. A well-defined faculty-driven curriculum design and review processes has been in place for many years. Facultymembers are conducting assessment and attempting to improve their courses and the degreeprogram through continuous improvement documentation. This documentation is an important

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Allison L. Felix; Joel Z. Bandstra; William H.J. Strosnider

relatively young and might be expected to beundecided about areas of interest and career aspirations. Matriculation data about summeracademy participants to the University will be collected for the next two years. In addition, theadded assessment measures to be implemented next year will be helpful for more thoroughlyassessing the outcomes of the summer academy.Teacher content knowledge, not surprisingly, significantly (p<0.01) increased on the post-test.The teacher-developed project and design-based curriculum unit plans will be further developedat the curriculum planning event to be held during the fall semester. The ultimate test of theprogram will be how instructional practices change and student science achievement increases asthe program

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

primarily undergraduate programs. In the longer term, the current cybersecurityproblems will likely be solved by fundamental and applied research, rather than just preparingskilled technicians and developers to serve on the front lines of a war with those that choose toattack and compromise systems.Because of this long-term need, the development of quality graduate programs withcybersecurity content is critical. This paper discusses the creation of graduate programs withembedded cybersecurity content at the North Dakota State University (NDSU). While acybersecurity graduate certificate was developed, a choice was made, for other offerings, tointegrate the new cybersecurity curriculum into existing degree programs instead of developing anew

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Jarek, University of Tennessee; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Cutting Programs and coordinator and GA to develop and implement a REEFE specific Emerging Opportunities & MACH curriculum. Professor of English at Rose-Hulman Cheryl Carrico: President External The external evaluator is charged with evaluating the of LLC and Research Evaluator programmatic and research activities for this proposal

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R Hammond, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Career Exploration Evening will besimply one facet of that exploration curriculum. The exploration curriculum will then beassumed seamlessly into our overall undergraduate career development plan. Understanding thatthe engineering faculty teaching the success courses are not career development experts, thecareer exploration curriculum will incorporate online components as well as face-to-facecomponents in the classroom that will be lead by our career center staff and our trained careerpeer coaches.AssessmentWe believe that our greatest shortcoming throughout the process of staging the Freshman CareerEvening was our lack of formal assessment. For the event next fall, we will include as part ofthe career exploration curriculum a pre and post

Conference Session

Government Policy, Manufacturing Education, and Certification

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Richard A. Gilbert, University of South Florida; Danielly Orozco, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center (FLATE); Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Peggie Weeks, Lamoka Educational Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2012-3364: DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION OPPOR-TUNITIES FOR U.S. MANUFACTURING TECHNICIAN STUDENTSDr. Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College Marilyn Barger is the Principal Investigator and Executive Director of FLATE, the Florida Regional Cen- ter of Advanced Technological Education, funded by the National Science Foundation and housed at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Fla., since 2004. FLATE serves the state of Florida and its region and is involved in outreach and recruitment of students into technical career pathways, curriculum development and reform for secondary and post-secondary Career and Technical Education programs, and professional development for technical teachers and faculty

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Moeller; Margaret Pinnell; Bernard Amadei; Jay Shah; R. Scott Summers; Angela Bielefeldt; Robyn Sandekian

and devices for a variety of settings associated with the developing world. Examples include: production of biodiesel; production of biomass from bananas; generation of electricity using water turbines; water heating for refugee camps; water filtration systems; solar refrigeration; and solar water pumping. CVEN 4434 Environmental Engineering Design Prof. Bielefeldt; has included 1 or more EDC projects in the course for the past 3 years. Since these projects are real needs in various communities, this is a service learning (SL) component to the curriculum. Examples of recent projects are: (1) Upgrade existing over-loaded evaporative wastewater treatment lagoons for Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

-Bachelor’s level  American  Association  for  Engineering  Education  Draft  Paper  for  Annual  Conference,  Indianapolis,  IN  2014       • Pilot programs in the U.S by Austrian companies to try to create the needed skilled workforce for their U.S. manufacturing facilities • New and unique programs that focus on the recent entrance of U.S. trade unions into the advanced manufacturing innovation ecosystem • Lessons learned from Austria with recommendations for further study and actionIntroductionManufacturing has always been a bellwether to a country’s economic development status, and isa critical means by which countries ensure employment, maintain living standards, and supportinnovation and economic growth. Because

Conference Session

ET Curriculum & Design Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Bilodeau

theknowledge and skills they derived from their MaFEL laboratory experience to solvepractical electromagnetic systems design , interference and shielding problems are discussedand future plans for the continued development of the MaFEL procedure are noted.I. Introduction The ability to visualize the low frequency AC magnetic field distributions thatoccur in the vicinity of 60 Hz AC electric power generation and transmission equipment ,such as transformers, rotational machines, switchgear and cable ; and to understand thephysical factors that determine these fields ; are very important skills for an electricalengineering technician ( EET ) to have. This understanding of AC magnetic field behaviorenables an EET to identify the most probable

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

under pressure – from students as well as fromemployers – to provide curricula which allow new, young chemical engineers to work effectivelyin these fields. In addition, there is pressure – particularly from employers – to broaden students’skills and knowledge in “soft” areas – communications, economics, business and managementpractices, foreign languages, etc. At the same time, there is pressure – particularly from stategovernments – to avoid “credit-hour creep” and to graduate students in four years. One way tomeet these demands is through a layered curriculum in which all chemical engineering studentswould learn the minimum basic material needed to qualify as chemical engineers and then wouldadd layers of specialization and breadth. It is

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr. P.E., University of San Diego; Frank G Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Michael S. Morse, University of San Diego; Truc T. Ngo, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

to alleviate each difficulty.II. Background Information on the Course and Description of the Laboratory ChallengeIn this section, a description of course and the laboratory challenge is provided. The Universityof San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in Southern California in the liberal arts tradition.The university offers three engineering majors in electrical engineering, industrial and systemsengineering, as well as mechanical engineering. The three majors share a common curriculum inthe freshman and sophomore years and students receive a dual BS/BA degree in unique 4.5 yearprograms.Engineering design is incorporated into the curriculum of the three programs at all levels.Students are initially exposed to the engineering design

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Johnathon Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ryan E. Harlow, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Estevan Andres Nunez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; lorena Isabel Velasquez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology ; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. The lab curriculum then begins with a few weeks of introductory SolidWorkssessions, where the students learn individually. Next, the project design groups are given anArduino kit to build and code multiple beginner level circuits. The lab ends with the last fewweeks solely dedicated to the final projects. These final projects will be described in furtherdetail later. A small midterm project is also implemented to further expose the students to aspecial research interest of the university and its subsidiaries. Further detail on the structuring ofthe course can be seen in last year’s paper [1]. An important note from last year is the choice ofprojects and availability of resources compared to this year.Application of dynamic learningThe type of