Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian O'Connell, Northeastern University; Jada Wong

rely heavily on our First-Year Program to introduce students to MATLAB, using us as aprerequisite for those labs with the expectation that students will effectively use MATLAB inthose scenarios. Much of the introductory material for MATLAB focuses on simpleimplementations to learn programming concepts and arbitrary design challenges to practice thoseconcepts, like building small games or implementing simple sorting tasks. They will useMATLAB in future lab courses to interact with external equipment or large datasets. Manystudents will not have experienced that context until then, requiring some cognitive shift in theirassociation with MATLAB.A primary goal in creating these experimental setups was to provide a real-world circumstancefor

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1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Scott J. Conrad

it may, the trend is toward ever largerlectures supplemented by discussion sections.Engineering LabsEngineering labs are becoming both overcrowded and outdated. Theovercrowding is a result of rising enrollments. The out-of-datenessis due to lack of replacement of old equipment and rapidly changingtechnology. 27Theory vs. 11 Rea 1 Worl d11 EducationThe current trend is to teach more theory and fewer 11 real world 11applications such as case studies. It appears that theoreticalteaching is easier to prepare and teach to undergraduates. Under-graduates feel it is 11 real world 11 applications, such as case studies,which help them understand how to use the theories they are learning.Communication

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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Meyer, Clarkson University; John McLellan, Freescale Semiconductor; Jeffrey S Sumey, California University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

- nology and Electrical Engineering Technology programs and teaches digital, microprocessor, and robotics design courses. His research interests are in embedded control systems, data networking and real-time op- erating systems, and robotic applications. He has been active in recent years with grant projects sponsored by ONR and NASA involving data gathering technologies. Page 23.320.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Computer Engineering Design Projects in Collaboration With Industry Sponsored Competitions1. IntroductionWe present two

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Wil Clouse; Terry Goodin

thelearner the excitement and the curiosity associated with a creative learningenvironment? How do we re-energize the student? How do we re-introduce innovation,creativity and entrepreneurial thinking? These are the questions that led us to thedevelopment of a course in Engineering Entrepreneurship.II. Outside Forces Cause ChangeFirst, it should be noted that, although we could see a need for a different approach toeducation and were troubled by the apparent failure of the system to prepare students forthe demands of the “real world,” there was little that we could do about it by ourselves.In our case, we were fortunate to secure the support and encouragement of the ColemanFoundation. The Foundation stresses the importance of developing

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Steve Schiffman; Sean Munson; John Bourne; James Krejcarek; Dan Lindquist; Susan Fredholm

creation of ahumanistically-educated engineer, able to deal with the world in a holistic fashion.Education in Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy and Ethics will position students toalways think in the entrepreneurial fashion, guide their perspectives, and positionthem to optimally utilize their broad-gauged education for the rest of their lives. Webelieve that the inclusion of these two supporting elements of the curriculum willenable Olin students to apply their engineering education to the real world in waysthat are dramatically better than a traditional engineering education.The Olin curriculum is complex and will not be described in detail in this paper;instead, we focus here on how Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, and Ethics are treatedwithin the

Conference Session

A Focus on Industry Partnership

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tara Gallus; Phil Laplante; Peter Wiesner

literature focuses on the development of communities within our English-speaking culture; however, some writers recognize the real potential for communities ona global basis. “There is no reason to assume that civic communities of practice shouldremain within national borders. As the World Bank experience shows, there is much thatcountries can learn from one another. Nor need we assume that national governments arethe best instigators of such learning systems. “ 8Setting the Pace through Electronic PublishingThe IEEE has long recognized the importance of the Web in developing its enterprise andis currently focusing on the dynamics of virtual communities ancillary to its publicationsand member activities.IEEE is already creating communities through

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Noela A Haughton, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc

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Engineering Technology Division

provide a useful framework for considering, designing,implementing, and evaluating innovative engineering curricula and pedagogical best practices.Research Methods and ProceduresThis paper describes the implementation and evaluation of EML activities added to a learningmodule and to a Project Based Learning (PBL) activity part of that learning module. Thepedagogical practices discussed herein focuses on solving a real-world problem by integrating: i)a collaborative model with multiple socio-technological dimensions supported by cooperativelearning, peer assessment, and communication (Jordan, 2018; Dym et al., 2003); and ii) aKEEN’s 3C’s approach incorporated into an existing learning module and project.Study SiteThe site for this Entrepreneurial

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University; Lee Hathcock, Mississippi State Univ.

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

andindustry, like team-based design2,3, industry-based software engineering standards5,7, and thehigher-order design constraints that students lacked in the capstone design course. It was decidedthat students should somehow be made aware that design functionality was not the sole criteriafor measuring success.Design is a creative process. There are no recipes for design, and design should be taught likeother creative human processes – through apprenticeship and experiential learning. But, howdoes an university professor mentor dozens of students with a real-world design? How couldstudents have time to gain exposure to quality designs and still learn the material required by thecurriculum? How can students quickly gain the major effect obtained by

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Harper; John Demel; Richard Freuler

, place the student in a more complex and real-world context than traditional problems. Students may have to determine what the target variable is, discard extraneous information, look for missing information, or make simplifying assumptions. (Bloom’s 3-5) 2. Experiment Problems: These are based on apparatus. Students may be asked to do one or more of the following as part of their solution: add definition to the problem, plan a solution, divide a problem into sub-parts, make measurements, approximate or estimate, design an experiment, or figure out how something works. (Bloom’s 3-4 , although if students are asked to design their own

Conference Session

Improving the Pedagogy of Laboratory Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; William Marshall, Alief Independent School District

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

complex, real world problems; to find, evaluate, and use appropriate learning resources; to work cooperatively in teams and small groups; to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills; and to use content knowledge and intellectual skills to become continual learners.According to Bound & Feletti, “problem-solving learning is older than formal educationitself, namely that learning is initiated by a posed problem, query, or puzzle that thelearner wants to solve”.3 In problem solving learning, complex, real problems motivatestudents to identify and research concepts and principles they need to know in order toprogress through the problems. Students work independently or in small learning teamsas they

Conference Session

Modern Teaching Strategies in Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida; Pavlo Antonenko

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

recognitionand validation from their peers, fostering positive social outcomes. Within the framework ofCulturally Sustaining Pedagogies (CSP) [8], we encouraged students to integrate their owncultures and personal backgrounds into their project solutions, fostering a sense of belonging andpromoting critical thinking. By using the AIoT board as a hands-on tool, students couldexperiment with culturally relevant AIoT scenarios drawn from real-world contexts. Thispractical approach allowed them to apply their learning in tangible settings, enhancing theirunderstanding and readiness for real-world challenges in AIoT applications. This process alsofostered self-evaluative outcomes through intrinsic rewards and a sense of accomplishment

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Jayhyun Kwon, Kennesaw State University; Adam Kaplan, Kennesaw State University

their clear, detailedinstruction, interactive simulations, and real-world applications of the subject. The instructorcontacted the creator to obtain permission before posting the video in his course. The videocontents from the Illinois Land Surveyor Association are currently licensed under CreativeCommons Attribution, allowing for reuse. (a) Drawing contours (b) Leveling lab Figure 2. Video Content Examples in Surveying Lab CourseSummary and recommendationsA survey was conducted to study engineering students' perceptions and experiences concerningdigital resources and virtual labs in laboratory courses. The data indicates that the integration ofdigital resources is common in engineering

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

M. Zoghi; L. Crask; B. Hyatt; V. Luo; W. Wu

(PBL). Moreover, there will need to be more discussions andpresentations introduced at different levels within the program to highlight the Grand Challengesprojects. In the past, our case studies in construction failure, incorporated in various courses,have provided broad perspectives of the global infrastructural challenge. We intend to expand thecase studies application in other areas of grand challenges in the future.Hands-On Projects or Research ExperienceMultiple courses taught in CM are project-based, especially the capstone series. The selectedprojects have been at small scale, yet present real world challenges and sharpen students’problem solving skills, which are critical, as they take on greater scale projects in their futurecareer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin A Grady, The George Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. In the context of engineering education, moral agency involvesequipping students with the capacity to respond to complex challenges in a way that balancescompeting constraints responsibly [10]. It also emphasizes enabling students to influence thebroader social, economic, and legal dimensions of their profession [11]. Beyond professionalresponsibility, moral agency encourages students to challenge the status quo, ultimatelystrengthening the engineering profession [12].This research builds upon the idea that student ethical education can be enhanced whenincorporating cases on real-world issues [13], [14], [15], [16]. Real-world case studies allowstudents to discuss, debate, and construct different options [13], [15] while also

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Education

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

environments is common in some disciplines. For training purposes, this isespecially true in scenarios that require potentially hazardous or costly situations have turned tothe use of computer simulations to create “virtual” training environments. Flight simulators areubiquitous training tools in which both military and commercial pilots are able to hone theirskills in emergency situations. Surgeons now have the ability to practice virtual robotic surgeryprocedures. Also, astronauts are able to simulate payload and docking procedures in virtualenvironments.In the most sophisticated of these applications, the ability of these virtual environments toreplicate real world experiences is enhanced through coordinated motion (as in flight simulators)and

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice I: Pedagogical Perspectives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin, Stout

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

potential to influence the engineeringprofession for great benefit to society. As noted by Chan and Fishbein: “As the world becomes more complex and interrelated, so do the problems engineers face. The engineering profession and individual engineers need to adapt or else risk getting lost in these global changes, thus abandoning our social responsibilities.” 11The University of Wisconsin-Stout’s institutional mission encourages faculty and staff to“integrate applied learning, scientific theory, humanistic understanding, creativity and research tosolve real-world problems, grow the economy and serve a global society.” However, with thepolytechnic designation comes an increased focus on applied learning techniques and careerfocused

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Sekmen

semesters.1. IntroductionThe DoCS has been involved in the Corporate Scholar Solutions (CSS) program of the Center forInformation Technology Education (CITE) since Spring-2002. CITE is an NSF-funded centerthat aims at improving the IT workforce pipeline in the State of Tennessee. It promotes the use ofCSS Projects to strengthen partnerships among businesses and educational institutions throughparticipation in problem-based learning experiences with real-time business problems. The CSSprogram is designed to partner educational institutions and their IT students with area businessesand industries to provide a "real-world, real-time" issue/problem as the context for IT learning[1].The DoCS successfully completed two CSS projects with Saturn

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bradley Kramer

industrial clients. They are mentored on personal professional behaviors and expected to work effectively with clients, fellow AMI staff members, and the general public in a professional manner. · Teamwork: Students gain experience with real world, multidisciplinary teams. Since all members are paid employees they must actively contribute to the project or risk losing their position. Each person’s responsibility is defined in the beginning of the project. The project manger makes sure that all team members contribute. · Project Management: Students are responsible for managing projects for clients that are important to the client and have real deadlines and budgets. They must work effectively in teams

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Ahmet Turkmen; Jon Breen

overtones is what we call timber. This isjust one example of a signal that is more complicated than a sine wave, but the world is full ofthem. Viewing real world signals in the frequency domain is often useful in understanding thesignal, the system that produced it, and how one might process the signal for a certain purpose.Results and ConclusionsThe Fourier transform is an incredibly useful construct, but for many students, it can be difficultto understand. For most, a change in one number, say sampling rate, isn't easily followedthrough the math to discover a property of the Fourier transform. Visual demonstration and thechance to experiment easily and quickly can make the material much more accessible tostudents.Processing speed of different

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E. Faulkner, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dong San Choi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Johnson-Glauch

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

instrument was taken from anexisting survey of engineering student beliefs [15]. This project was carried out in a large, elite,American, research-intensive university with a student population of about 44,000 students.Results0.1 Faculty InterviewsPreliminary analysis of the faculty interviews has revealed 9 components of faculty’s definitionsof mathematical maturity for engineering: 1) Fluent algebra skills, 2) Effortless manipulations ofmathematical symbols, 3) Translating real world problems into equations, 4) Ability to usecomputational tools to solve mathematical problems, 5) Fluency with notation, 6) Willingness toexplore multiple solution approaches, 7) Perceive mathematics as the language of technicalcommunication, 8) Able to interpret the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Lin; Matthew Sanders

Session 2793 Empty Pop Cans and Analysis of Variance Tony Lin and Matthew S. Sanders Industrial Engineering Program Kettering University Flint, Michigan 48504IntroductionIt is always a challenge to not only teach the engineering students at Kettering University therequired knowledge and skills but also excite them about real world applications. After all,Kettering University is a fully co-op university, and its students need to apply what they learned inthe classroom to solve the problems they face at

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeeve Sharma; Robert Thompson; Akihiko Kumagai; Aju Mathew; S. A. Chickamenahalli

future. The project is also aimed at the international studentcompetition event for this type of robotic vehicle. By setting a goal like this, students learn howto work in a team, which is another essential skill required in the real world. The paper willdescribe this project’s coordination, management and cooperation that were handled by thestudents under the guidance of the professors.The technical part of this paper focuses on the development of the vision guidance navigationalgorithm. This algorithm is designed to navigate the vehicle along a course prescribed by theleft and right boundary lines. The CCD camera of the vehicle captures the images of these lineswithin a rectangular image window. Then a light intensity profile along a

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Techniques

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Eric Hamilton; Gregor Novak; Evelyn Patterson; Brian Self

WarmUp exercises are the heart of JiTT. Before the class period, students are required tocomplete short web based exercises based on their assigned reading. These questions should beclosely linked to what the instructor hopes to accomplish in class, and are usually moreconceptual in nature. Many instructors use the following format for their questions (althoughthis is by no means mandatory): one multiple choice question, one essay format, and oneestimation problem. The best questions ask the student to analyze a real world example, whichwill hopefully help develop critical thinking skills. The key is that the student answers to theseproblems are then used to shape the lecture.The students should complete the web assignments prior to two hours

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 3.C

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Jack Thomas Carnovale, University of Pittsburgh; Paulo Radatz

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

programming (OOP) is not directly covered in this introductory course, theknowledge gained here serves as a critical stepping stone, motivating the use of OOP in asubsequent course on the computer analysis of power systems. This approach ensures thatstudents are well-prepared to tackle more advanced problems and develop scalable solutions intheir later coursework.Throughout the course, students complete three hands-on coding assignments using Python toanalyze power systems, culminating in a final power flow project that integrates the skills theydevelop. The final project couples Python with the commercial power systems simulator,PowerWorld, providing students with a comprehensive, real-world application of the conceptsthey learn. In addition

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Mina Gaber Wahba Ibrahim; Xingguo Xiong; Navarun Gupta; Ahmed El-Sayed

Fig. 12. The figure shows the dry paper ignited readings in closetree with dry leaves, red cedar, and hemlock. These materials environment during combustion that are exponentially increased thewere chosen to simulate real world wildfire scenarios and sensor response.conditions, as wildfire often originates from trees and fromvegetation. The results of the dry paper are summarized. The high rise in particulate matter concentration and VOC levels demonstrated the system’s

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Schwarz Schwarz

©2018 American Society for Engineering Education Session CEED 432Conclusion of Eurotech• Eurotech prepares students for the global workforce and improves their intercultural communication and soft skills to compete in tomorrow’s world• Students get in-depth language and cultural exposure during the first semester and real time hands-on experiences in the workforce, as they apply for real co-op openings (no pre-arranged contracts where students risk being under-challenged “making coffee”, etc.)• After meeting excellent role models during their co-op experience, most students consider graduate school (in the US or Germany) after they return

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

), computer networking certificate program, and networking courses aredesigned to prepare the ECET department for technological challenges. Although thesefive networking specialization courses were originally designed for the A.S. degreeprogram, they are also used in the computer networking certificate program. The need to Page 5.36.6add real world computer and networking technologies to electrical and computerengineering technology programs will continue to grow in the future.Bibliography1. Computing and Engineering Technology, Association for Computing Machinery(ACM Press).2. Computer Support Services, The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM Press).3

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Programs and Courses Session 5

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael (Mick) J. Bates, Waynesburg University; Donald Ken Takehara, Taylor University; Hank D. Voss, Taylor University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

; thereby invigorating the community and impacting the world. Theseinterdisciplinary, experiential learning opportunities led to the start-up of new companies andhelped to solve new problems for existing companies/corporations. Ultimately, STEM studentsthat worked with the CR&I graduated with résumé worthy real-world experience, were exposedto opportunities in which to exercise innovation, perhaps graduated into a new venture thatleveraged their skills, and/or increased their ability to think entrepreneurially - as one with a stateof mind to change the future.9 For the purposes of this paper, entrepreneurship is operationallydefined as ideation, creation and implementation of solutions that could alter the future.The CR&I was instrumental

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

entertainment and simulationindustries. The central hypothesis of the paper is that introductory physics can be taught viaPBA. The paper provides case studies that demonstrate early promise. The paper gives anoverview of how “game engineers” leverage theoretical physics and mathematical conceptsmerged with design aesthetics to portray realistic and fun experiences, manifesting as gamephysics. As computing power has increased, the convergence of real and fake physics presentsan opportunity to teach physics to non-game students. The field of PBA shows promise forenhancing physics education, but much work remains to determine how it may happen and theplace in a college curriculum.1 Call to actionThis paper initiates a call-to-action for STEM educators

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Yan Zhu; Youlu Zheng

NetWare file/print server. NetWare ismature, robust and reasonably priced for the IBM PC compatible environment. It can also be convenientlyconnected to other popular internetworking protocols. For peer-to-peer connection, TCP/IP and relatedprotocols that internetwork numerous remotely located LANs are the base of the real world information superhighway. In addition, IPX and TCP/IP are the two major and most representative network protocols in thecomputer and network industry. Using these two protocols makes the network heterogeneous and creates acrucial problem of communicating in that environment, thereby presents the challenge of resolvingcommunications conflicts. The prototype heterogeneous network consists of three subnetworks: one