Conference Session

Design Teamwork

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junichi Kanai, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Anderson, Rensselaer

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

product divisions in Japan. He was also responsible for managing his groups’ patent portfolio. From 2002 to 2004, he was a man- ager at the system group of Panasonic’s sales company in Secaucus, NJ providing system integration and software development for clients. He was also an Export Control officer. Dr. Kanai joined the Design Lab at RPI in 2004. He is currently the Associate Director of the lab and and Professor of Practice of in the Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering department. The Design Lab provides industry spon- sored and service oriented multidisciplinary design projects to 200 students/semester. His responsibilities include managing the operation of the Design Lab and enhancing the experience for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Matt Frye, Oregon Institute of Technology; Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University-Vancouver

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his collaborators attracted close to $1M research grants to study writing transfer of engineering undergraduates. For the technical research, he has a long-standing involvement in research concerned with manufacturing of advanced composite materials (CFRP/titanium stack, GFRP, nanocomposites, etc.) for automotive, marine, and aerospace applications. His recent research efforts have also included the fatigue behavior of manufactured products, with the focus of fatigue strength im- provement of aerospace, automotive, and rail structures. He has been the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers in these areas.Dr. Matt Frye, Oregon Institute of Technology Matt Frye is

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold L. Stalford, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

sabbaticals (2001-2002 and 2008-2009) with the Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM and has served as consultant to Sandia’s Microsystems Science, Technology & Components Division since 2001. His major research interest in the oil and gas industry is telemetry of borehole sensor data to the surface during drilling, com- pletions, and production. Dr. Stalford’s broad area of research is in microsystems and nanotechnology, seeking new and novel solutions to challenging oil and gas problems. His work with Sandia has focusing on designing, fabricating, testing and characterizing various micro/nanotechnology systems that includes Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), tunable MEMS devices, RF nanotechnology

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Use of Technology in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Salih Safa Bacanli, University of Central Florida; Pamela J. Wisniewski, Vanderbilt University; Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

decision to use smartwearable devices may also be affected by design aesthetics and connectivity to the world wideweb [12]. Finnish consumers also consider the opportunity to experiment with smart hometechnology and perceived innovativeness of the product (with different effects for experiencedvs. non-experienced consumers) with intention to use this technology; moreover, Finnish womenare more concerned with lifestyle compatibility than men [9]. From the perspective of Koreanpostponers or rejectors of smart home technology, privacy risks are a greater barrier to adoptionfor rejectors [8]. Generational differences are apparent in level of skill and satisfaction withsmart devices among Turkish Gen Xers, Gen Yers, and Gen Zers [13].Kansei engineering

Conference Session

Instructional Design

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY; Donald P. O'Keefe, Farmingdale State College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4088: INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES INTO EN-GINEERING ECONOMICS COURSESDr. Naveen Seth, New Community College at CUNY Naveen Seth is a founding faculty member in business at the City University of New York’s New Commu- nity College. He has also taught at Pratt Institute in the Construction Management Program. At Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, he headed the Aviation Management programs and also taught engineering economics in the B.S. program in engineering.Prof. Donald P. O’Keefe, Farmingdale State College Donald P. O’Keefe has 15 years experience teaching at the college level. He taught courses in engineering graphics, quality control, and project management

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Priya Olden; Nikunja Swain; Maurice Robinson; James A. Anderson; James Parker; Cristal Caroll; Alan Seedarsan

programs are under pressure to modernize their programs to meet the challengesof this changing technology or to maintain the accreditation of the programs. This requires upgradinglaboratories with modern equipment and calls for increased funding and resources. But in recent yearsthere is an increase in enrollment and decrease in resource allocation making it increasingly difficult tomodernize the laboratories to provide adequate levels of laboratory and course work. This calls foralternate innovative and cost-effective solutions such as Computer Based Virtual EngineeringLaboratory (CBVEL). At South Carolina State University (SCSU), the PC and Virtual Instruments (VI)based system concept is used to design and develop a laboratory called Computer

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Miles Phillips, Baylor University; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University; Alexandre Yokochi

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

application of this project, researchers willmodify and improve the laboratory experiment that students will work through in order toincrease student ability to apply in-class knowledge to this system that is more like what theywould experience on the field.End Goal In future developments to push this toward applications across a whole degree plan, theresearchers intend to open the process to enable the students to design and implement otherprocesses, such as replacing the process implemented in the CSTR. Specifically, the idea ofreplacing the CSTR with a bioprocess (e.g., a simple fermentation using brewer’s yeast), amembrane separation process, or a fractional distillation of a water/ethanol mixture are underconsideration. The development of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida

anyspecific product subject to dimensional constraints.2.2 Incorporating a project-based learning (PBL) approachThe Manufacturing Processes course was re-designed to incorporate a project-based learningapproach by assigning the treatment group a real medical device project at the beginning of thecourse. The course was structured so that the class lectures and laboratory sessions providetheoretical and applied learning experiences on product design and manufacturing related to theproject. The real medical device project was provided by a medical doctor and practicingsurgeon from the USF College of Medicine. The project consisted of designing and prototypinga new medical device to improve a minimally-invasive surgical procedure. The medical

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W Blake PE, Austin Peay State University; John Krupczak Jr, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

community of interest, the practice hasnot become widespread. Based on the experiences of people who have taught these courses,issues keeping engineering from becoming part of every college student’s education includefinding a place for engineering in the general core curriculum, finding faculty to teach thecourse, rewards for faculty, resources, and course materials. Of these, the critical issue is findinga place in the curriculum. Pressure from outside the academic community is needed to drivechanges in university core requirements.In the 1990s, a push came from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) to make it a national priority to increase the technologicalliteracy of the general public in the United

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin D McPheron, Roger Williams University; Mallory Zerena McPheron DPT, OPT Physical Therapy; Charles R. Thomas, Roger Williams University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

addition of skills checks to the laboratory experience, student self-assessment of achievement of laboratory learning outcomes increased dramatically. This resultis promising for the inclusion of skills checks in engineering laboratories to improve studentcompetency using hardware and software common to engineering practice.IntroductionLaboratory experiences are a commonality in undergraduate engineering curricula. Since theprimary goal of engineering is the design and analysis of physical devices and phenomena for thebenefit of humankind, it is logical that most engineering students require hands-on experience asa part of their education1. Not only does hands-on experience yield improved understanding, italso provides students with technical

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

linecourse does not?” We adopt a purposefully dialectic approach designed to highlight contrastsbetween these options. It should be noted, however, that this dialectic likely does not reflectthe lived experience of students since an increasing number of students in the US arefollowing a variety of pathways through degrees [7] or engaged in hybrid programs. Giventhe decision to use a dialectic approach hybrid programs are not considered, but case studiesof successful programs that use online learning and span the spectrum can be found in [35].We take it as given that those providing on-line courses know they have to compete with thereputations and rankings that colleges acquire. We also assume that students taking thesecourses have some ability to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Natasa Vidic, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1167: CCLI: MODEL ELICITING ACTIVITIES: EXPERIMENTSAND MIXED METHODS TO ASSESS STUDENT LEARNINGLarry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh Larry J. Shuman is Senior Associate Dean for Academics and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving the engineering educational experience with an emphasis on assessment of design and problem solving, and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers and engineering managers. A former senior editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, Dr. Shuman is the founding editor of Advances in Engineering Education. He has published widely in the engineering education literature, and is co-author of Engineering Ethics

Conference Session

Design Projects

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gershenson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

students per year in our senior design program working on roughly 40 projects.Advisors will typically advise four projects over the course of a year to receive the equivalentload of a one-semester course with 40 students. All groups have approximately $4,000 at theirdisposal for design and fabrication as well as the many fabrication resources on campus. It is notrequired that students do the fabrication themselves, as they have had previous experience in thecurriculum. Many projects require outside manufacturing, often at an additional cost to theproject sponsor. Several of the projects are not sponsored, by design. This allows freedom todevelop equipment for the department laboratories and one competition project – the HumanPowered Vehicle

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

appliedstrength of materials. Over 30 years of experience in writing technical textbooks gives a goodperspective on the movement of state-of-the-art technology from research and industry sourcesinto effective undergraduate curricula. The new 4th edition of the author’s book MachineElements in Mechanical Design, published by the Prentice Hall Company in Upper Saddle River,New Jersey, includes the new MDESIGN software from the German company, TEDATA,designed for use in the United States. TEDATA is the producer of the successful Europeansoftware MDESIGN mec.IntroductionThe design of machine elements inherently involves extensive procedures, complex calculations,and many design decisions. Data must be found from numerous charts and tables. Furthermore,design

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University; Punit Deotale, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

AC 2011-1996: DESIGN OF PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENT FORAUTOMATED SYSTEM INTEGRATION EDUCATIONSheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University Dr. Sheng-Jen (”Tony”) Hsieh is a Professor in the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Engineering Technology and the De- partment of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include engineering education, cognitive task analysis, automation, robotics and control, intelligent manufacturing system design, and micro/nano man- ufacturing. He is also the Director of the Rockwell Automation Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a state-of-the-art facility for education and research in the areas of

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

isfocused on engineering and technological literacy.Some of the courses shown in the model were developed and trialled but “politics” intervenedand brought the work to a halt. An independent evaluation of the work was carried out byProfessor Dr Heiko Steffens of the Technical University of Berlin [22] but other studies werealso completed that were published (see below). The design follows Whitehead’s three stagesbut assumes students will experience other complete cycles in each of the stages.The first stage of romance is characterised by short intensive course in manufacturingtechnology and materials and processes in a custom built laboratory. The course designed andimplemented by Owen took place over two weeks, the students being in attendance for

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Crismond, The City College of New York

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

difficult-to-teach topics, and as transfer tasks to test studentunderstanding. One of the enduring conundrums in engineering design is that designers,regardless of level of experience, can end up with final products that look remarkably similar totheir first sketches or prototypes. A number of explanations for this problem, which has beendubbed “functional fixedness” (Cross, 2000) and “idea fixation” (Sachs, 1999), have beenproposed for this phenomenon where little seems to get learned or gained through cycles ofdesign iterations. One hypothesis that this study investigates is the notion that idea fixation,especially when done by beginning designers, is simply due to the novices not noticingweaknesses in their current plan or prototype. If all

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Tang, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Talbot Bielefeldt, Clearwater Program Evaluation

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

(VR) environment will give themrenewed hope for learning success. This paper presents such a development that augments anexisting learning game, Gridlock, with an adaptive learning engine that assesses what reallyhappens when a student’s capacity is sabotaged in problem solving and to provide the help that istailored to his/her needs. The game was deployed in Computer Architecture course at Rowan as areplacement to the traditional laboratory experiments. Its thorough assessment confirms thevalues of the game in promoting student learning.INTRODUCTIONThe fundamental problem with the traditional single-instructor class structure is that a singularteaching method is not always universally effective; not all students learn information the sameway

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education - I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Beverly Cronin, DeVry University; Maneesh Kumar, DeVry University; Aateef Mustafa, DeVry University; Pankti Patel, DeVry Univeristy; Joey Socorro, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

experience in the field of Union affiliated audio engineering in Hollywood, California with specialization in complex electrical systems including integrated technologies to create solutions in vast performance environments including work on movie and television sets, live concert mixing and acoustic design, post-production. Hobbies include playing in the first violin section of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and an active member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Tau Alpha Pi (national honor society for engineering technology), and AES (Audio Engineering Society).Maneesh Kumar, DeVry University Maneesh Kumar is a control systems programmer at United Visual, Inc. He

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering Courses

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hirak Patangia

team building, cooperative leaning, and oral/written communication skills.Course OrganizationThe course titled ‘Introductory Experience in Technology and Computers’ is a three credithour course with five contact hours per week, two hours of lecture and three hours oflaboratory. The lecture and laboratory contents have been designed to lead the students to aculminating project which is described in the next section. The teaching classroom is a well -designed facility with wireless internet access and the laboratory is equipped with modernAgilent test equipment. The course was first taught in the fall of 2001. Preparations for thecourse began in the summer of 2001 with a curriculum development grant from theuniversity. Three sophomore

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron St. Leger, United States Military Academy; Anthony Deese, Drexel University; Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

user. Many experiments, such as power system design, stabilityanalysis, power factor correction, etc., can be derived and even automated with this tool.IntroductionPower engineering curricula contain laboratory exercises as a key component. Individualexercises typically incorporate either software or hardware, sometimes both in tandem. Thispaper presents an analog power system emulator as a new tool to enhance traditionalhardware/software power system laboratories. This emulator exhibits some advantages whencompared to conventional hardware/software tools.Hardware laboratories are expensive and time consuming to operate as compared to softwareexercises. As a result, hardware laboratories are usually relegated to studying individualcomponents

Conference Session

Design Cognition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2009-2234: ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION FOR INTEGRATEDPRODUCT REALIZATIONMohamed El-Sayed, Kettering University Dr. Mohamed El-Sayed is a professor of Mechanical engineering and director of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Systems Integration Laboratory, Kettering University. He is the current editor of the SAE journal of Materials and Manufacturing. Dr. El-Sayed has over thirty years of teaching experience in the area of design, design simulation, design optimization, and automotive design. Dr. El-Sayed has over twenty years of Automotive Design, Development, and Validation experience. Dr. El-Sayed was the lead engineer on the design optimization and quality/Durability/Reliability Integration of

Conference Session

Innovation in Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Coleman; Hisham Alnajjar; Hesham Elsaghir; Alan Hadad; Donald Leone

uncertain. The students indicated thatbreaking down the term project into manageable parts would have been helpful. Overall,considering student and instructor evaluations, considerable learning did take place.Introduction The primary objective of this project was to create a distance learning course module toteach undergraduate engineering students the fundamental concepts of geographic informationsystems (GIS). A GIS can be defined as “A fundamental set of automated ideas and conceptsrooted in over 2500 years of exploration and geographic research, and designed to provide theanswers to questions based on mapped data.”1 A secondary, but important objective, involved thepreparation and delivery of this course as a learning laboratory for

Conference Session

Effective Learning Innovations in Civil Engineering Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger; Kristine Csavina, The CORE Institute; Cindy Orndoff

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

equipmentwas reviewed for the hands-on activities. Existing statics classes and aides were also reviewedfor current approaches used in the classroom. One source with future potential is “Hands OnMechanics”, a website sponsored by McGraw-Hill. “Its vision is one-stop shopping for educatorsto learn about and build physical models that will enhance the quality of the learning in theirclassrooms.”9 A careful search of the vendors at ASEE Exposition also revealed a number ofpossible tools that might be useful in teaching Statics. The most versatile turned out to be theIntroductory Mechanics System by PASCO Scientific of Roseville, CA. The kit is shown inFigure 1. The system offered 15 pre-designed experiments but its variety of componentsprovided

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Cicciarelli, “Use of pre-recorded video demonstrations in laboratory courses.” Chemical Engineering Education 47 (2), 133-136 (2013).21. The Foundation Coalition, “Forming student engineering teams.” available at www.foundationcoalition.org/ teams, last accessed January 2014.22. S. Feichtner and E. Davis, “Why some groups fail: a survey of students’ experiences with learning groups.” Organizational Behavior Teaching Review 9, 58-71 (1984).23. J. Brickell, D. Porter, M. Reynolds and R. Cosgrave, “Assigning students to groups for engineering design projects: a comparison of five methods.” Journal of Engineering Education 7, 259-262 (1994).24. C. Heldt, “Peer evaluation in chemical engineering capstone design via wikis.” Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Manufacturing Engineering Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Otieno; Clifford Mirman

problem and solve the needs of our diverse studentpopulation, the NIU Department of Technology has developed a new laboratory based PLCcourse. This course, while teaching the basics of PLC ladder logic and programming, alsoprovides valuable hands on experience in the integration of a PLC with sensors, motion control,vision systems, and robotics. The laboratory experience also includes the development of humaninterface to the PLC in typical automation applications, both with hand held devices andMicrosoft visual basic tools. The students are also involved in a two-week lab based project thatrequires advanced PLC functions. The current PLC experience was implemented during thespring 2002 semester, the summer 2002 semester and is on its third phase

Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Logan Walker Graves, Los Alamos National Labs; Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

the educational value of this project. Not only does it provide an opportunity forinterdisciplinary engineering, it also forces each student to incorporate their piece of the projectinto the larger design and not just look at a single system in an educational vacuum. Learning towork as a part of a larger team in a long term project such as this is invaluable for an engineer’scareer as projects and designs in industry and laboratories are often multiple year collaborationsthat a single semester long class cannot adequately replicate.Aerospace Opportunities in Small Schools (Senior Author Perspective)Small universities and colleges are often limited in their ability to offer meaningful opportunitiesin systems engineering or multidisciplinary

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Structure of course design in rapidly evolving computing disciplinesAbstractIt is well recognized that computing disciplines need to update their courses regularly due to therapid evolution of the discipline. These course changes are often difficult, very time consumingand sometimes poorly rewarded by the academic institution, but they are necessary. Sometimesthe student learning experience is negatively impacted by the course changes.A research study was completed to attempt to define the theoretical structural elements of thecourse change process. Faculty members were interviewed about course changes. Several coursechange events were identified and these events were analyzed to identify common themes andeducational structures so

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Praveen Kumar Sekhar, Washington State University, Vancouver

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #15065A Preliminary Study on Supporting Writing Transfer in an Introductory En-gineering Laboratory CourseDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has 18 years of experience in engineering materials and manufacturing. His research area includes materials processing, structural integrity improvement, and hybrid composite manufacturing. He has been very active in pedagogical research and undergraduate research projects, and

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Walter Alejandro Silva Sotillo; James Anderson

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development Division (CPD)

like peer assessments, self-assessments, and co-teaching facultygraders or Teacher Assistants (TA) remains a challenge.Communication skills and associated projects could be embedded across the engineeringcurriculum to enable students to hone WID and learn effective communication techniques.However, retention of communication skills could be lacking if well-designed integration andassessment processes are not implemented. Hence at the University of South Florida (USF), wehave embarked on developing courses that attempt to bridge this gap and ensure undergraduatespossess the necessary communication skills to become successful engineers. For instance, afoundation engineering laboratory course was developed for first-year students in