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ETD - ET Curriculum and Programs I

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje

first year, a total of eight students were awarded the COF-IMPRESS-Cscholarship in the program. The project brings together The University computing programs thatare offered through the College of Engineering and programs in the Honors College, an inclusiveand unique college designed around high-impact educational practices.AcknowledgementThis work is supported by the Ohio Department of Higher Education, Choose Ohio First Program.Bibliography:[1] Whalen, D.F., and Shelley, M.C. (2010). Academic Success for STEM and Non-STEM Majors. Journal of STEM Education, 11(1,2): 45−60.[2] President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Executive Office of the President. (February 2012). Engage to excel: Producing one million additional

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2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

Kristin Giglietti; H. Rex Gaskins; Marcia Pool

Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedingsproviding authentic STEM engagement, and developing and retaining student interest througheffective mentorship3. The program will provide equitable access to STEM training throughhands-on activities, expose UR youth to STEM career pathways, and introduce mentors to guidelearning.To accomplish this, we weave a socially relevant topic, cancer, which also has well-establisheddisparities amongst UR populations, into our STEM activities to create a connection betweeneveryday life and STEM content4. Then, hands-on activities are used to engage students andspark continued interest in STEM to increase the likelihood of student’s pursuing

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

ofweeks. Many engineering courses can include a module or two on neural networks depending onthe course taught. Teaching technological courses today requires updates every time a course istaught due to the vast amount of research and developments in these disciplines. Additions ofProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section Conferenceneural networks modules can be looked at in a similar manner and added to currentundergraduate courses.This paper presents a simple software tool developed in JAVA to teach the basic concepts ofneural networks and its training with backpropagation. This software is used in introducingneural networks concepts in an experimental course offered at the 300 level to bothundergraduate

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Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session #3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joydeep Mitra, Northeastern University; Amir Kirsh

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

) large cs classes with (too) few resources: An experience report,” in Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, ser. SIGCSE 2023. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023, p. 4–10. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1145/3545945.3569788 [9] R. M. Parizi, P. Spoletini, and A. Singh, “Measuring team members’ contributions in software engineering projects using git-driven technology,” in 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2018, pp. 1–5.[10] J. J. Sandee and E. Aivaloglou, “Gitcanary: A tool for analyzing student contributions in group programming assignments,” in Proceedings of the 20th Koli Calling International Conference on

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Topics in Mechanical ET

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Denton; Heather Cooper

to address this missing educational componentfor maintenance professionals. A team approach was adopted to facilitate acquisition ofequipment and development of laboratory activities3. The course was established on a permanentbasis in 19924. Table 1 lists the original course topic outline and laboratory activities. Minorchanges to the lecture topics and ongoing significant laboratory evolution have occurred in theyears since its inception. For more than five years now, the course has been offered at least twicea year for up to thirty students per session.Several mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology programs havedeveloped machinery vibrations courses5. In an approach that appears to still be unique to thePurdue

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maeve Drummond Oakes, Purdue University; Kristin Everett, Western Michigan University; Michael T. Harris, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Michigan University Kristin Everett is a research associate at the Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE) at Western Michigan University and conducts program evaluations and provides consulting services for education, health-care, and nonprofit organizations.Dr. Michael T. Harris, Purdue University at West Lafayette Michael T. Harris is the Reilly Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. Harris’s research is in the areas of nanomaterials, colloids and interacial phenomena, transport phenomena, particle science and technology, microwave sensing of pharmaceutical powders

Conference Session

Innovations in Experiments and Modeling

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University; Barnabas Gao, Rowan University; Kirti M Yenkie, Rowan University; Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University; David Anthony Theuma, Rowan University; Sean Curtis, Rowan University; Michael Fracchiolla, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Javier Savelski, Rowan University; Steven Roth, Rowan University; Emma Marie Padros, Rowan University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Swapana Subbarao Jerpoth, Rowan University Swapana S. Jerpoth received her B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, India in 2017, and her M.Tech degree in Petrochemical Engineering from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, India in 2019. SMr. David Anthony Theuma, Rowan University I am a recent chemical engineering graduate of Rowan University looking for employment in the chemical manufacturing, project engineering, or engineering consulting industries. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #43351Sean Curtis, Rowan

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Instrumentation and Measurement Innovation

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

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Instrumentation

AC 2010-847: ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM PROJECTDavid Loker, Pennsylvania State University, Erie David R. Loker is Associate Professor and Program Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He holds an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, data acquisition systems, and communications systems. Page 15.450.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Elevator Control System ProjectAbstractAs part of the requirements in a junior

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Anna M. Mostoller, Elizabethtown College; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

mastery-based course structures.Dr. Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University Shannon K. Gilmartin, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scholar at the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab and Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Her expertise is in education and workforce development in science and engineering fields. She has particular interest in access to and equity in engineering education and practice. She studies the experiences of underrepre- sented students in engineering classrooms, the transition to first jobs and the ”early career” for women in engineering, and the trajectories to senior leadership in technology settings.Ms. Anna M. Mostoller, Elizabethtown CollegeDr

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Himes, United States Military Academy; Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

developing these coursesis the challenge of teaching engineering to those who are not fully committed to an engineeringmajor. As a critical piece of the liberal education at the United States Military Academy, asequence of engineering courses is required for all majors, including non-engineering majors.Many of the means and methods used in these courses are applicable to the introduction-to-engineering courses at other universities. This paper focuses on a semester-long EngineeringDesign Project (EDP) - used in the third sequence course - for the design and constructionplanning of a base-camp to house, support and sustain a given population. The EDP is developedwithin a broad math, science, social, economic, and political context. Base-camp

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay

implementation were nolonger able to earn extra-service pay at Farmingdale through additional classassignments. The participants received a permanent adjustment to their annual basesalaries from $7,200 to $8,000 depending upon their rank. Conclusion The effects of the reengineering effort can be felt in every aspect of campus lifeat Farmingdale. A center of excellence in technology transfer was established.Farmingdale subsequently won over two million dollars in a grant from NSF underadvance technology reinvestment program. A part of the fund is being used toexperiment with distance education and other modes of technology education deliverysystem. A group of faculty members is experimenting with “process

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering I

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley

effective partnership is obvious. As Walter Gmelch, dean of thecollege of education at Iowa State University, observed, “To fulfill their role, schools needteachers who are grounded in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This, in turn,calls for effective teacher-training programs, developed jointly by experts in technology and Page 9.981.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright @ 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationeducation. The deans (education and engineering school deans at the Dean’s Summit, January2003

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Materials

. Page 23.673.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 How to Write a Textbook in Ten Easy StepsAbstractStrength of Materials is the most difficult course in the first two years of the Mechanical, Civil,and Architectural Engineering Technology programs at Indiana University – Purdue UniversityFort Wayne (IPFW); consequently it has the highest drop and fail rate. In the past decade, thefailure rate in our Strength courses has ranged from 10 to 30% each semester, under threedifferent professors, using the same algebra-based textbook. Students have trouble usingalgebra...they prefer to plug numbers into canned equations. The Civil and Architectural studentsstruggle with unit conversions

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Durward Sobek

once standard practice in professional practice and education,but in recent years the practice has waned as digital technologies have provided new ways torepresent and store engineering information. Fortunately, the ME faculty at Montana StateUniversity were sympathetic to journaling, and agreed to re-institute them if I could providesupport. To date, I know of no other study that uses journals to investigate design processes(although certainly design journals are in use in many design courses7-9), so this is new territory.We’ve collected journals for three semesters (Fall 2000, Spring 2001, and Fall 2001) and nowhave over 70 journals on 21 projects. The Fall 2000 journals were of low quality for reasonsexplained in a companion paper,10 so

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

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Environmental Engineering

. S., “Membrane projects with an industrial focus in the curriculum,” Chemical Engineering Education, vol. 37, no. 1, 2003.19 Pekula, N., B. Kuritz, J. Hearne, A. J. Marchese, and R. P. Hesketh, "The Effect of Ambient Temperature, Humidity, and Engine Speed on Idling Emissions from Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks," 2003 Transactions, Vol. 112, Section 4, Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, pages 148-158.20 Newell, J. A., S. H. Farrell, R. P. Hesketh, and C. Stewart Slater, Introducing Emerging Technologies into the Curriculum through a Multidisciplinary Research Experience,” Chemical Engineering Education 35(4) 296 Fall 2001.21 Savelski M. J., Bagajewicz M. "On the Use of Linear Models for the Design of Water Utilization Systems in Refineries and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; William LeBold; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2001, American Society for Engineering Education”Purdue Pre-Engineering Program EvaluationTo focus on the beginning-engineering students, an open-ended survey was conducted at the endof their first semester. This survey was the foundation for the Purdue Pre-Engineering ProgramEvaluation survey that has been used in various formats since 1957. It provides information onbeginning student perceptions of the quality of first year courses, university facilities, first yearcounseling, placement, and special programs. Table 1 provides an example of trends in serviceratings for ten years (1989-1999). Table 1. Percentage of 1987-98 First Semester Freshman engineers who evaluated

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Summers; Julie Phillips; Nathan Harter; Mark Dean; Donna Evanecky

, leaders spend timeassessing data on a monthly report, comparing percentage increases and decreases from onemonth to the next, from one quarter to the next, from one year to the next, and so forth. Leaders Page 9.1148.5are under the false impression that they can make an intelligent assessment of the data by only “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”using limited data (percent increase and percent decrease) without understanding what the data isactually telling them.Another way that leaders

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard DeVries; Douglas Stahl

panel tests are conducted with students in the wood andmasonry design course (Fig. 5). Students come to the lab with a prediction of wall capacity basedon the nailing, panel type and thickness, and the hold-down hardware specifications. The cyclicaldisplacement-controlled loading follows guidelines developed by the CUREE project to simulateseismic loading. This allows us to introduce the students to the idea of damage accumulation, andwe can listen to and watch the damage rather than simply showing the resulting hysterysis loops(Fig. 6). Page 8.806.4 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

experiential learning and understand the needfor different approaches to problems. For engineers, this means considering solutions other thantechnological ones and including the voices of those affected by proposed solutions in designs (aDEI learning objective).The TeamThe authors worked closely together to develop a pilot workshop for faculty with the aim ofintroducing sustainability concepts into all required engineering courses. This team of sevencomprised three in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME), one from the Departmentof Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), and two from the Science, Technology, andSociety (STS) program in the Engineering College, and one from the College of Education. Itincluded both tenure and professional

Conference Session

Developments in BME Pedagogy and Assessment

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles; Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles

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Biomedical

Science Teaching, vol. 37, pp. 34- 9, 2008.[4] J. L. Hieb, and Patricia A. S. Ralston, "Tablet PCs in engineering mathematics courses at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering," International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol. 41, pp. 487-500, 2010.[5] P. Siozos, G. Palaigeorgiou, G. Triantafyllakos, and T. Despotakis, "Computer based testing using digital ink: Participatory design of a Tablet PC based assessment application for secondary education," Computers & Education, vol. 52, pp. 811-19, 2009.[6] N. Romey, Rachel M. Schwartz, Douglas Behrend, Peter Miao, H. Michael Cheung, and

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session 1

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deana Delp, Arizona State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

commodities independently of their projects or permittingmixed commodity portfolios. These changes could provide students with a broader perspectiveregarding financial management and decision-making under uncertainty.Incorporating the use of strategy activities into engineering project courses can significantlyimprove student engagement, motivation, and learning outcomes. However, the success ofstrategy-based activities depends on thoughtful implementation, ensuring that strategy elementssupport the educational goals of the course. When used effectively, strategy-based activities canenhance the overall learning experience, preparing engineering students for the collaborative andtechnological demands of the modern workforce.References[1] T. Smith and

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daigo Misaki, Kogakuin University; Xiao Ge, Stanford University; Takuma Odaka, Kogakuin University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

building up the next-generation engineers.Takuma Odaka, Kogakuin University I am a graduate student of the mechanical engineering program at Kogakuin university. My research interest; Educational Engineering, Physiological Psychology, Team Working, Team Education, Behavior Analysis. I specialize in creating measurement systems and analyzing data using languages such as Python and MATLAB. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Toward Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Japan: Developing Team-based Learning Experience and Its AssessmentAbstractOver the last ten years, the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE) hasincreasingly emphasized the importance of

Conference Session

Learning as a Community

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Meyer, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Patrick Gee, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Laura Masterson, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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First-Year Programs

Degree in Higher Education from Indiana University. Page 14.747.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrated Learning in Freshman Engineering: The Themed Learning CommunityAbstractThe first year of engineering study at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)is the time when we see the greatest exodus of students. Thus we who work with first yearstudents are constantly looking for strategies that will captivate, motivate, and retain students inour engineering programs. Recently IUPUI began supporting the development of what are calledthemed learning communities (TLCs

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: DEI, Flipped Classrooms

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Crystal Han, San Jose State University

insynchronous sessions and those who skipped the synchronous activities [24]. This warns that theonline flipped classroom is at risk of losing its benefits without a well-structured approach topromote regular attendance in synchronous sessions.This paper presents the design and implementation of an online flipped classroom for a FluidMechanics course. Beyond simply inverting the class, the paper leveraged multi-stageassignments at incremental difficulties to enhance student performance through knowledgereinforcement. The paper also focuses on the use of technology to minimize the barriers in onlinecommunication and facilitate collaborative learning. Lastly, the paper provides a directcomparison in student performance between the students in online

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Enno Koehn

stressing the study of engineering ethics and professionalism in theirorganizations. The information gained may be used by individuals to strengthen their ability torecognize moral issues and be sensitized to alternative moral perspectives. Hopefully, theapplication of these concepts will assist engineers to be increasingly recognized by the generalpublic as true professionals. Page 7.526.6 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationAcknowledgmentThe author wishes to recognize Ms. Linda Dousay for her

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Program Innovation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Akhlesh Lakhtakia; Christine Masters; Judith Todd

Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationare strongly encouraged by the Department. Collaborations with other universities, in the US aswell as abroad, are also strong.The undergraduate degree program aims for depth in mathematics and the sciences, and breadthin engineering courses that can be taken from six different departments. It includes twelve credits(four courses) of technical electives plus seven credits for a senior research and design thesisproject that can be customized by the student to provide depth in an area of their interest. Thegraduate programs require a strong foundation in applied

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

CAD projects can have without overwhelming students andexamines the introduction of practical exercises, such as machine parts with correctdimensioning and scale, early in the curriculum. Quizzes, written exams, and term projects areevaluated as to their usefulness in assessing the amount of understanding and skill that studentshave attained. Finally, the paper gives examples of the relative merits of different CAD softwarepackages in an educational setting and raises other issues such as modern teaching equipmentand the proper time to be given for the completion of projects.Should CAD Be Included in Engineering Technology Curriculums?Along with its fast development, CAD has virtually replaced traditional hand drafting andblueprints. Some

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2013 GSW

Authors

Eric Haney; Lex Gonzalez; Amen Omoragbon; Amit Oza; Bernd Chudoba

withrespect to US and international hypersonic vehicle research. The focus has been to: “…identify current international government and commercial sponsored programs that are investing in research and development of technologies for hypersonics air-breathing engines, atmospheric re-entry, and spaceplane concepts. Identify and describe the key technologies each projects is attempting to mature, their current schedule or roadmap, and the mission that the technologies would support.”The current DB user is focused on top-level managerial and policy-making decisions, thereforethe content displayed is broad but shallow, and does not explore the deeper technical workings ofproject. The goal of this project is to not only produce a support

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The iCollaborate MSE Project – 2012AbstractThis paper describes the progress to-date on the various components of the iCollaborateMSE [Materials Science and Engineering] project, as well as the preliminary assessmentdata that has been collected. The overall objectives of the research are to measure ifimprovements in student learning outcomes, student engagement, and course completionrates are possible if the structure in a basic materials engineering course is transformedfrom primarily deductive practice to an Information Communication Technology (ICT)enabled inductive teaching and learning environment. There are two major componentsof this research project. The first

Conference Session

Instrumentation in Engineering Projects

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyril B Okhio P.E., Kennesaw State University; Theodore Orrin Grosch, Kennesaw State University; Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Saiyda N Bey

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Instrumentation Division (INST)

this work has been published in international journals. He is currently involved in multi-disciplinary research and development concerning Condition Monitoring of Engineered Systems; applications of Additive Manufacturing Tools to the study of Design for Manufacturability of Engineering Components and Systems; Vehicular Systems and Safety Engineering, associated with SPSU Visualization & Simulation Research Center for which he is a co-PI. Dr. Okhio is very familiar with the level of technology and development, world-wide. He has visited many countries including Taiwan, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Senegal, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, and he lived in the United Kingdom for more than