Conference Session

Improving Mechanics Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Mays, The Citadel; Kevin Bower, The Citadel; Kyle Settle, The Citadel; Blake Mitchell, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2007-394: USING CONCEPT-ORIENTED EXAMPLE PROBLEMS TOIMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A TRADITIONAL DYNAMICSCOURSETimothy Mays, The CitadelKevin Bower, The CitadelKyle Settle, The CitadelBlake Mitchell, The Citadel Page 12.1541.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Concept Oriented Example Problems to Improve Student Performance in a Traditional Dynamics CourseAbstractThree years of assessment of student performance in CIVL 301 (Engineering Mechanics:Dynamics) has indicated that students are missing many key concepts that are required todevelop and solve engineering problems involving course material. Subjective facultyassessment results

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen A Harper, The Ohio State University; Gregory Richard Baker, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

research interests address a broad spectrum of educational topics, but her specialty is in how people learn problem solving skills.Prof. Gregory Richard Baker, Ohio State UniversityDr. Deborah M. Grzybowski, The Ohio State University Deborah M. Grzybowski is Professor of Practice in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engi- neering and Director of the Ohio Lions Eye Research Facility. She teaches for the First-Year Engineering Program in the Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University. Dr. Grzybowski earned her B.S. (1980) and M.S. (1982) in Chemical Engineering and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineer- ing in 2000, all from The Ohio State University

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Richard Cliver, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); David S Martins, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Page 23.639.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013  1 of 15 Getting More Learning From Labs – Six Principles to Build Understandingand SkillAbstractThis paper describes an approach to increasing student learning in engineering labs based onrecent education research [1-4] and industry needs [5]. A set of six guiding principles fordesigning lab exercises are presented. The principles are illustrated in the context of anundergraduate laboratory course in Digital Signal Processing where the pedagogy has evolvedover four years. Changes to the labs were driven by the desire to motivate students’ engagement,improve

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6344Hands-on Active Learning in Fiber Optics CourseDr. Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University Dr. Jiao is an Associate Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. Her areas of interest include semiconductor device fabrication and characterization, nano-materials, nano-devices, fiber optics, and nanotechnology education. Her research activities involve inorganic/organic solar cells, organic light emitting diodes, and MEMs/NEMs for sensor applications

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Economic Future, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.2) National Research Council, (2010), Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category5, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.3) St.John, E.P., S. Hu, and A.S. Fisher., (2010), Breaking Through the Access Barrier: How Academic CapitalFormation Can Improve Policy in Higher Education. New York, NY: Routledge4) Elam, C., Stratton, t., and Gibson, D.D., (2007), “Welcoming a New Generation to College: The MillennialStudents”, Journal of College Admission, (195), 20-25.5) Marosi, K. and Steinhurst, Barbra (2012), “Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Students inEngineering Through Connections with An Industry Advisory Committee,” American Society of

Conference Session

Activities and Assessment for “Awkward ABET Outcomes”

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Huynh, University of South Carolina; Juan M Caicedo, University of South Carolina; Charles E. Pierce, University of South Carolina; Jason W Gantt, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6214Combining In-class Design Problems and EFFECTs to Stimulate CriticalThinking SkillsDr. Nathan Huynh, University of South CarolinaDr. Juan M Caicedo, University of South Carolina Dr. Caicedo is currently an associate professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Carolina. He obtained his doctorate degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2003. Dr. Caicedo’s research interests include engineering education, numerical and experimen- tal research in the areas of structural dynamics, model updating, structural health monitoring, earthquake engineering and

Conference Session

Technological Literacy Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

AC 2012-3789: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMET-RIC TECHNOLOGIESDr. Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University Rigoberto Chinchilla, PhD in Integrated Engineering, Ohio University, is an Associate Professor of Ap- plied Engineering and Technology at Eastern Illinois University (EIU) since 2004. His teaching and research interests include Quality design, Biometric and Computer Security and Ethics, Clean Technolo- gies and Automation. Dr. Chinchilla has been a Fulbright Scholar and a United Nations scholar, serves in numerous departmental and university committees at EIU and has been awarded several research grants in his career. Dr. Chinchilla Publications in 2011 include oChinchilla, Rigoberto

Conference Session

Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-3249: INDOOR SECURITY LIGHTING WITH SOLAR POW-ERED LED TECHNOLOGYDr. Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State UniversityMr. Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University Keith L. Coogler is an instructor of industrial technology at Sam Houston State University. He received a B.S. in design and development and holds a M.A. in industrial education and is pursuing an Ed.D. in higher education from Texas A&M University, Commerce. His primary teaching area is construction management. Research interests include automation, electronics, alternative energy, and ”green” con- struction. Page 25.771.1

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University; R. Eugene Stuffle, Idaho State University; Wei Pan, Idaho State University; Steven Grant Maclure, Idaho State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

), 20133-2014. He is IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. Professor Mousavinezhad received Michigan State University ECE Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, May 2009, ASEE ECE Division’s 2007 Meritorious Service Award, ASEE/NCS Distinguished Service Award, April 6, 2002, for significant and sustained leadership. In 1994 he received ASEE Zone II Outstanding Campus Representative Award. He is also a Senior Mem- ber of IEEE, has been a reviewer for IEEE Transactions including the Transactions on Education. His teaching and research interests include digital signal processing (DSP) and Bioelectromagnetics. He has been a reviewer for engineering

Conference Session

Construction Safety and Risk Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Du, University of Texas at San Antonio; Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas at San Antonio; Rui Liu, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

, M. (2011). Feasibility Analytical Mapping (FAM) for the Bidding Decision: A Graphic Bidding Decision Making Model Based on Multidimensional Scaling and Discriminant Analysis. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 7(3), 198-209. 7. Du, J., & El-Gafy, M. (2012). Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises: Agent-Based Simulation Framework for Exploring Human and Organizational Implications in Construction Management. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 26(3), 282-297. 8. Linstone, H. A., & Turoff, M. (1975). The delphi method: Addison-Wesley Reading, MA

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Bennett, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Margaret Helen Russell, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Claudia J Rawn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Engineering Introduction in Pre-Calculus CoursesIntroductionThe freshman engineering program at the University of Tennessee consists of two 4 hourcourses, Physics for Engineers I and II. Calculus I is a co-requisite for Physics for Engineers I.The content of the Physics for Engineers courses is an introduction to engineering physics(approximately the first 20-25 chapters of an introductory engineering physics textbook), and anintroduction to elements of successful engineering practice (teamwork, engineering design, andcommunication). Significant effort has been put into these courses, and the courses have beenshown to increase retention in engineering (Parsons et

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram E. Zanganeh; Ahlam I. Shalaby

University.IntroductionThe laws of the conservation of mass and the conservation of momentum arefundamental in fluid mechanics analysis and design, whether the flow is spatiallyvaried or constant, temporally unsteady or steady, and in a closed conduit or anopen channel. The application of these basic principles to such a wide variety offluid flow problems presents the student with a long list of tasks to accomplish in Page 5.586.1their learning process. In an effort to keep our students current with the fast-pacedtechnological advances taking place in the scientific field of problem modelingand solution formulation, engineering educators are always in search of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Liapi

Session #2306 Innovative Instruction of Computer Graphics Katherine A. Liapi The University of Texas at AustinAbstractFor over 20 years fundamental and applied research from various disciplines has beeneffectively integrated into Computer Graphics resulting in developments that undoubtedlyhave had an important impact on the way Architectural Engineering is taught. Courses onComputer Graphics that have replaced the instruction of Descriptive Geometry in mostArchitectural Engineering curricula, are mainly focused on methods for the communicationof knowledge and information about the design

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Cem Karacal; John A. Barker; Jacob Van Roekel

indicated that most of theretention problems are encountered during the basic science and general education courses. Themain reasons for this appear to be the dearth of faculty-student contact during the students’ firsttwo years, and the lack of exposure to basic engineering concepts and problem solving methods.As a result, the students fail to see the link between the basic courses and engineering, and arenot highly motivated to overcome the hardships of the first two years. This course is designed tocreate a lasting interest in engineering and to enhance essential skills and personal development.The course is offered to first year engineering students on an optional basis. The students in thecourse are given the opportunity to take a critical

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Richardson

may include career information,communication, teamwork and leadership activities, drug and alcohol education, values,diversity, and ethics, study skills, personality and interest inventories, and selfmanagement of stress and social issues. The new student is provided with a directconnection to academic department, peer and mentor support from the student affairs andfaculty facilitators, and an introduction to campus resources. Resources that can beintroduced are the library, computer systems, and the Learning Development Center. Thecourses are not always restricted to freshman students. Some departments encourage new Page 2.208.22 Upcraft, M. Lee

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Corrado Poli; Beverly Woolf

, January 1998, Vol 87, No. 13. Woolf, Beverly, Corrado Poli, and Ian Grosse, “Multimedia Systems and Intelligent Tutors for Teaching Design Page 4.165.11 for Manufacturing,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, 1997CORRADO POLICorrado Poli is currently Head of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at UMass Amherst. Overthe years he has been involved in several NSF-funded research projects dealing with design for manufacturing. Hispublications include over 80 papers and three textbooks and during the last couple of years has been almostexclusively in the area of multimedia based

Conference Session

Learning Mechanics through Visual and Tactile Modalities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology; Chaitanya Krishna Vallabh, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Paper ID #44228Correlating Common Errors in Statics Problem Solving with Spatial AbilityDr. Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology Maxine Fontaine is a Teaching Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in 2010 from Aalborg University in Aalborg, Denmark. Maxine has a background in the biomechanics of human movement, and her current research projects are related to spatial skills and adaptive expertise in engineering students.Dr. Chaitanya Krishna Vallabh, Stevens Institute of Technology ©American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Technology in the ECE Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale S.L. Dolan, California Polytechnic State University; Vladimir I. Prodanov, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. He has taught circuit design at SUNY Stony Brook and Columbia Univer- sity NY City. Dr. Prodanov is co-recipient of the Best Poster Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE Custom Integrated Conference and his doctoral work has been recognized in 1997 by Stony Brook Chapter of Sigma Xi with Excellence in Research Award.Taufik Taufik, California Polytechnic State University Page 22.1335.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Student Perception of Lecture Video Use as a Means to Increase Time for in Class Problem Solving ApplicationsAbstractThe purpose of this study

Conference Session

Teaching Analog and Digital Communication: Novel Ideas for Lecture Courses, Laboratories, and Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce E. Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Codie Wilson, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. degree in Electrical Engineering from Grand Valley State Uni- versity. While at MSU, he worked as a network support assistant for four school years. During the summer of 2008, he held a full-time summer position at GE Healthcare working with computer virtual- ization technologies. Graduate assistantship work while at GVSU includes control system design, digital communications and digital signal processing. Current research involves time-frequency analysis of EMG signals in children with cerebral palsy. Page 22.1691.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods and Learning Models

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

class.References1 Edwards, R., & Recktenwald, G. (2010). A Guided Inquiry Approach to Teaching Fan Selection. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Louisville, KY: Paper AC 2010-208.2 Prince, M.J., & Felder, R.M. (2006). Inductive Teaching and Learning Methods: Definitions, Comparisons, and Research Bases, Journal of Engineering Education, 95(2), 123-138.3 Prince, M.J., & Felder, R.M. (2007). The Many Faces of Inductive Teaching and Learning, Journal of College Science Teaching, 36(5), 14-20.4 Sherwin, K., Mavromihales, M. (1999). Design, Fabrication and Testing a Heat Exchanger as a Student Project, Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Kwok; Eron Flory; Javed Alam, Youngstown State University; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

AC 1999-273: Learning Modules for Finite Element Method on the World--Wide WebEron Flory,Javed Alam, Youngstown State UniversityJoseph Rencis, University of ArkansasPeter Kwok, Page 4.365.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 1999 Session 2520 Learning Modules for Finite Element Method on the World Wide Web Joseph J. Rencis1, Eron Flory2, Peter Kwok3/ Javed Alam4 Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Youngstown State UniversityAbstractWeb based learning modules have been developed for

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Eschenbach

) Experiencing Team Responsibility in Class, Chemical Engineering Education, Vol. 23, No. 1, pages 38-43.[2] Johnson, K. F. (1993) Team Peer Evaluations: A Student-Generated Quantitative Measurement of Group Membership Performance. Proceedings of the 76th Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication held in Kansas City, MO. August 11-14.[3] Holter, N. C. (1994) Team Assignments Can Be Effective Cooperative Learning Techniques. Journal of Education for Business. Vol. 70, No. 2, pages 73-74.[4] Singh-Gupta, V. and E. Troutt-Ervin. 1996. Preparing Students for Teamwork through Collaborative Writing and Peer Review Techniques. Teaching English in the Two-Year College. Vol. 23, No. 2, (May), pages 127

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

students from mechanicalengineering seniors (about 25% of the class). Currently (Spring 2011), in the third offering of thecourse, the class has composition is 20% mechanical and 80 % electrical with all studentsenthusiastically learning the use of layout design tools to start their project work. AcknowledgementsThis project would not have been possible without the research and educational grants receivedfrom NASA and MSGC. It was these grants that paid for the fabrication of the MEMS chips. Page 22.1721.10The author thanks his students for their enthusiastic participation in the projects

Conference Session

Materials and Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjeev Khanna

in capstone design projects,undergraduate research, and percentage of students pursing g raduate studies in such areas. Thus, Page 7.76.6the total impact of the developed curriculum will be known clearly over a span of about 4-5years.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSupport of the National Science Foundation under grant NSF- CAREER 0196390 is gratefullyacknowledged.REFERENCESAngelo, T. and Cross, K. (1993), Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers(2ed.),Jossey-Bass.Davies, M. L. and Crowther, D. E. A., “The Benefits of Using Multimedia in Higher Education: Mythsand Realities”, Active Learning, V3, Dec. 1995.Herman, J.L. (ed.) (1987

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Sylmarie Davila-Montero, The Citadel

engineering from Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, Michigan, in 2022. Sylmarie worked as a Systems Engineer for the MITRE Corporation in 2015 and as a Data Analyst/Contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency in 2018 and 2019. Her research interests include real-time processing of biomedical and social signals, efficient implementation of machine learning algorithms, design of wearable social behavior and health monitoring systems, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Fostering Computational Thinking in Freshman Electrical Engineering Students through a Micro:Bit Code ProjectAbstractComputational Thinking (CT) is an

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Omar Ahmed Al-Shebeeb, West Virginia University

teaching more several gradu- ate and undergraduate courses at WVU. He has several publications in journals, conferences, and book chapters. He is an active member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Society of Auto- motive Engineering (SAE) International, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), and WVU IE Leaders. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Optimizing the Design for Additive Manufacturing Project in a Manufacturing Processes Lab Course Using the Taguchi Orthogonal Array

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail D. Jefferson, University of South Alabama; Sally J. Steadman, University of South Alabama; F. Carroll Dougherty, University of South Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

student participation in undergraduateresearch, internships, and co-op experiences to determine the effect on retention.AcknowledgementUSA-LINK is funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of UndergraduateEducation. S-STEM Award # 1060197References[1] Duggan, M. H., and J. W. Pickering, “Barriers to transfer student academic success andretention,” Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice, 9(4), 2008, 437-459.[2] Landis, Ray, “Retention by Design: Achieving Excellence in Minority Student Education.”http://www.ecs.csun.edu/ecs/facultystaff.html, Oct. 2005.[3] Stephan, Elizabeth A., et. al., Thinking Like an Engineer, Pearson, N.J., 2013

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 4 - Engineering for One Planet & Sustainability Innovation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustyn Roberts, University of Pennsylvania; Jarrett Stein, University of Pennsylvania; Tex Kang, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

challenge rather than reproduce or exacerbate structural inequalities astechnology often does. The priorities of the Collaboratory focus on three areas: Research,Education and Community Engagement, and Outreach. The smoothie bike team has received a$60,000 grant from Penn4C that is divided evenly between engineering, nursing, and RebelVentures - the community partner through which the work with three different high schools iscoordinated.Additionally, the class was recently accepted into Penn Global Seminars [10]. This programcombines intensive semester-long study with a short-term travel component that deepens studentunderstanding of concepts discussed in the classroom. Through this program, the class will travelto the Netherlands during the Spring

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Pritpal Singh; Amanda Kelly; Kathy Nazar

3 Office of Program and Institutional Research Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 USA Kathleen.nazar@villanova.eduAbstractOver the last eight years, Villanova University has been creating a culture in which engineering studentshave been provided opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. These opportunities include anengineering entrepreneurship minor open to engineering students of all majors, extra-curricular activitiesranging from short 15-20 minute events to competitions spanning several months, inter-university seniordesign projects, and embedded activities in core engineering classes. The question arises as to howeffective these

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adel Setoodehnia; Andrew Pantaleo

1 Understanding Physics Concepts through Project Based Learning Adel Setoodehnia (Student) and Andrew Pantaleo (Instructor) Union County Magnet High School, Scotch Plains, NJ and interdisciplinary education. The Union County Magnet Abstract— Project Based Learning has been researched and High School is one of fifteen schools in New Jersey awardedpracticed at many high schools as well as colleges. Union