accrue from an SI program. Research results (seesection below) and anecdotal evidence show that students who attend SI sessions may experiencethe following benefits (Arendale, 1994; Widmar, 1994). • Improved final course grades as compared to those who did not attend SI sessions. • Lower drop-out rate from these high-risk courses where SI support is implemented. • Improved critical thinking, studying and test-taking skills. • Improved enrollment rate in subsequent semesters.Student SI leaders, while their primary purpose is to support the students attending SI sessions,also may experience the incidental benefits of working more closely with departmental facultymembers, learning to facilitate group activities, gaining
Applied Science and Technology. Robert is an Associate Professor. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, MS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, and a PE license in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to this academic position Robert worked 25 years in the automotive component industry. His primary research interests are in the domain of product realization, and energy efficient-sustainable buildings. He can be reached at rdgmet@rit.edu or through Linkedin.com Page 15.720.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Increasing Girls’ Interest in Engineering
AC 2011-1752: A SEMESTER-LONG STUDENT-DRIVEN COMPUTATIONALPROJECTJoe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Page 22.98.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Semester-Long Student-Driven Computational ProjectIntroductionEngineering computing is a topic that is included in the curriculum of many biomedicalengineering departments and a topic with which many other engineering disciplines havewrestled (7-8, 10, 14, 23, 30, 32). Yet, the philosophical underpinnings and pedagogicalgoals of a computing course are often nebulous. Should the course lean toward anadvanced engineering mathematics course (e.g. linear algebra
is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He completed his doctoral training at the University of California-Irvine where he was a National Science Foundation Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow. He completed his master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he was a GEM fellow and Graduate Engineering Research Scholar. He also holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California San Diego. His interests include robot control, design of mechatronics systems, pneumatic actuation, motion planning and optimal control. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Simulation and Control of
positioned on the bow of the vessel andaft of the stepped deck forward. This behavior warrants further investigation and will beinvestigated by students in a follow-on research project. Figure 13. Simplified CFD analysis of Scandies Rose without crab pots.ConclusionsIt is clear both from the Destination and Scandies Rose case studies that a new icing criterionshould be created to provide a conservative weight estimate and stability assessment of vesselsoperating in icing regions. The IMO and United States standards do not account for worst-casetopside icing conditions accurately – both in terms of quantity and location of ice build-up on thevessel.This case study, in the context of undergraduate education, allowed students to
mechanics, energy systems, aeronautics, and propulsion systems, as well as freshman engineering. Research interests include experimental convective heat transfer as applied to HVAC and gas turbine systems. Page 12.1533.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using a Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Course for AssessmentAbstractThis paper characterizes the mechanical engineering laboratory course taught at BaylorUniversity and how this course is used to support ABET outcomes b) design and conductexperiments, as well as analyze and interpret data, g) communicate
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Using AI Chatbots to Produce Engineering Spreadsheets in an Advanced Structural Steel Design CourseAbstractEngineers have historically embraced the use of technology to increase efficiency, reduce errors incalculations, and produce high quality projects on a shorter timeline. The Excel spreadsheet is aprime example of how engineers embraced technology for those reasons. Excel has been a staple inproducing an immeasurable number of engineering calculations. However, humans have alwaysbeen responsible for spreadsheet development and, unfortunately, humans will inherently produceerrors within spreadsheets. But what if an engineer can reduce the number of errors and produce
AC 2011-2792: DUAL CAREER PANELAdrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech having moved from Mississippi State University in Jan 2010, where she was a tenured Associate Professor. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics and the development of biomedi- cal microdevices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award; her group has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Lab on a Chip, and had an AIChE Journal cover. She is an active men- tor of undergraduate
Engineers (SAE) Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award recipient.Mr. Michael DeLorme, Stevens Institute of Technology Mr. Michael DeLorme is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Associate at the Davidson Laboratory at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He has conducted over 50 significant marine hydrodynamic exper- iments on both surface and subsurface vehicles. Other areas of recent research include; the application of hydro-acoustic techniques for the detection, classification and tracking of non-emitting small vessels, the implementation of UUVs for port/maritime security and environmental assessment, and path planning of a UUV through a complex estuary.Eirik Hole, Stevens Institute of Technology (SSE) Eirik Hole has
Paper ID #15380A Scavenger Hunt to Connect the As-Built World to Structural EngineeringTheoryDr. Matthew Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation before obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech. He worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McClean, Virginia focusing on concrete bridge research prior to joining the faculty at the Vir- ginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics and
to pursue a college degree that will prepare them to work in the spaceindustry. Meanwhile, a very mature space industry already exists to support a myriad of space-related industries. Informal surveys of entering freshmen indicate that nearly half of them wouldlike to work in space-related jobs during their aerospace engineering careers. The depth andbreadth of a well established and diverse aerospace engineering program, and the emphasis ofthis program primarily on aeronautical education, research, and technology development isdocumented. The contrast of the needs of employers in support of space-related industries, fromindustry and alumni perspectives is described. The discussions that established a definitive needfor a dual track system
discussions, presentations, anda field trip to university research facilities to raise awareness of careers in science andengineering and the impact of these fields on quality of life. Course outcomes were assessedthrough course evaluations, interest surveys, and a concept inventory. The concept inventorywas designed to assess the students' fundamental understanding of fluid mechanics principles,and was administered both before and after the course. The interest evaluations inquired aboutthe students' interest in science and engineering, knowledge of careers and college majors, andfamiliarity with fluid mechanics and its role in society. Student responses generally indicatedthat the course was effective at increasing their awareness of science
his spare time, Dr. Kump works to combine his research with his love of electronic music performance, teaching machines the craft of songwriting. With extensive course and curriculum design experience, Dr. Kump is continuously committed to developing engineering programs that best prepare students for the ever-changing demands of industry leaders. His teaching interests include online and HyFlex education, as well as classroom flipping and education research-based tasks. He created Maritime College’s ENGR 396 Machine Learning course and has been recognized by Open SUNY for excellence in online teaching, pioneering the School of Engineering’s online course offerings.Van-Hai Bui Dr. Van-Hai Bui received his B.S
Paper ID #42866Curriculum-embedded Epistemological Foundations in Nuclear EngineeringHaley Williams, University of California, Berkeley Haley Williams is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California – Berkeley in the Department of Nuclear Engineering. Her research includes studies of speciation and structure in molten fluoride salts. Beyond nuclear, her research interests extend to critical materials recovery and synthesis via molten salts. She is also interested in the values that underlie engineering education, and as a recipient of the Ron Gester Fellowship, she studies how beliefs about the roles and
Paper ID #37973SSCTrac: AI-Powered Soil Moisture Condition DetectionBiswajit Biswal Dr. Biswal is working as Assistant Professor of Computer Science at South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA since January 2017. He holds Ph.D. in Computer and Information Systems Engineering from Tennessee State University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering form NYU Tandon School of Engineering, and B.E. in Medical Electronics Engineering from India. His research interests are AI, machine learning, data mining, cyber security, cloud computing, RF signal detection (Drones), IOT, and big data analysis. He has more than 10
Paper ID #40431Auto Dispensing CoolerMr. Grant Heileman, Ohio Northern University Senior mechanical engineering student at Ohio Northern University. Three year varsity letterman on the Ohio Northern University mens basketball team competing in the Ohio Athletic Conference. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Dispensing Cooler 03/3/2023Executive Summary The purpose of this project is to design a cooler that can dispense drinks at any event,while remaining easy to use for everyone. To cool down, people need ice cold beverages kept ina cooler where they are hanging out, but all too often
Paper ID #33924Multiple Setups Analysis of Industrial Robotic OperationDr. Hayder Zghair P.E., Pennsylvania State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Multiple Setups Analysis of Industrial Robotic OperationAbstractAn operation motion program of industrial robots based on points location learning. Robotic’ speed andpath termination of the motion are cumulatively essential variables for the programming and analysis interms of resulting robotic trajectory resolution (RTR). An efficient cycle time is required to plan theutilization of industrial robotic
(ACI), the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI), the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), and was the Secretary of the Seismology Committee for the Struc- tural Engineers Association of Southern California. Dr. Perez is an expert in large-scale testing and analysis of unbonded post-tensioned precast concrete seismic systems. His research interests are in the seismic analysis and design of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and steel structures. Dr. Perez is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Seismic Retrofit of Non-Ductile Reinforced Concrete Dual Frame
authored more than 25 refereed journal and conference publications. From 2003 through 2006, he was involved with Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL in developing direct computer control for hydrogen powered automotives. He is also involved in several direct computer control and wireless process control related research projects. His interests are in the area of industrial transducer, industrial process control, wireless controls, statistical process control, computer aided design and fabrication of printed circuit board, programmable logic controllers, programmable logic devices and renewable energy related projects.Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University-Calumet Masoud Fathizadeh received his B.S.E.E
AC 2008-798: A CLASS PROJECT ON AN LDPC-BASED ERROR CORRECTINGSYSTEMMin-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University MIN-SUNG KOH obtained his B.E. and M.S. in Control and Instrumentation Engineering in the University of ULSAN, South Korea, and his Ph. D in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering in Washington State University. His interests are in the areas of speech and image signal processing, signal processing in communication, photoacoustics and embedded systems.Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ-MAREK did his graduate work in Electrical Engineering at Washington State University. He worked as a research scientist at Fast Search & Transfer before
for 11 years and joined JMU in 1993 as one of the core faculty that started the ISAT program. Page 13.133.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A World where Everything is Automated: The Challenges and Opportunities of the Robust RFID Infrastructure that will make It a RealityAbstractTo achieve the full benefits of RFID implementation in any industry requires that organizationsdevelop and carefully manage complicated RFID networks. A robust RFID network platformwill be necessary to support the different devices and software that will lead to an event-drivenenvironment. In place of the familiar process
AC 2009-1829: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIMEDIA NETWORKINGCOURSE FOR AN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERINGTECHNOLOGY PROGRAMHongLi Luo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne Page 14.1196.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Development of a Multimedia Networking Course for Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Program1. IntroductionThere is an explosive growth of multimedia data transmitted over the Internet recently.Multimedia data includes image, audio and video. Video-on-demand (VoD), videoconferencing,voice-over-IP (VoIP), Internet television (IPTV), video surveillance systems are some of thepopular multimedia networking
AC 2009-1884: INTERESTING DIFFERENT DECISION PROBLEMSJane Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo Jane M. Fraser is chair of the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University-Pueblo. She was formerly on the faculty at the Ohio State University and Purdue University. She has a BA in mathematics from Swarthmore College and MS and PhD in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California-Berkeley.Ray Tsai, Taiwan Ray Jui-Feng Tsai received a BS in Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and MS in Industrial Engineering from Colorado State University-Pueblo
Paper ID #19062The Optimal Receiving Signal Strength to Use the Relay Node in WirelessNetworkDr. Tae-Hoon Kim, Purdue University NorthwestMiss Melissa Nicole Fitzgerald, Purdue University Northwest Melissa Fitzgerald is an undergraduate student and research assistant at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana. She is currently working toward obtaining her B.S. in Computer Information Tech- nology and participated in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in 2016.Mithulesh Kurale, REU Student c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017The optimal
Paper ID #25081Solar Powered Aquaponics: Modeling Real World Solutions through Engi-neering TechnologyMr. Sean Glen Wood, University of Houston, Downtown Glen earned his bachelor’s degree in Controls and Instrumentation Engineering Technology with a minor in Sustainability from the University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas, in 2018, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Glen was heavily involved in the Center for Urban Agriculture and Sustainability at the University, participating in multiple research projects that emphasized sustainable technologies in the urban setting. He is currently working for Shell as a member of the
North Carolina State University and a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Howard University.Kenneth W. Lamb P.E. Ph.D, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona Kenneth is an Assistant Professor at Cal Poly Pomona. Kenneth is a licensed Professional Engineer in Nevada with experience working on a variety of water, storm water, and waster water systems projects. He holds degrees from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (BSCE and PhD) and from Norwich University (MCE).Mr. Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc. Mr. Pfeiffer is a senior engineer and manager at Foundation Engineering in Portland, Oregon. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016
AC 2007-1139: ELECTRONS, HOLES, AND THE HALL EFFECTJ. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute J. Shawn Addington is the Jamison-Payne Institute Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches courses, laboratories, and undergraduate research projects in the microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication areas; and, he remains active in curriculum development and engineering assessment. He is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is a member of ASEE
. Page 13.1178.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Teaching the SN Method: Zero to International Benchmark in Six WeeksAbstractThe discrete ordinates or SN method is employed to solve the neutron transport equation in anumber of code packages that are considered mainstays of reactor design and safety analysis.Yet students often begin using these codes without having gained the deep understanding of theSN approach that stems from implementing the SN algorithm in a computer code of their owndesign.This paper presents a series of lectures and computing activities involving beginning graduatestudents having no prior transport theory experience. The students wrote three codes: amultigroup
, governmental, and non- governmental organizations. His research interests include system-of-systems modeling and simulation, enterprise architecture, and nonlinear dynamical systems. Page 23.741.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Industry Engagement in a Manufacturing Simulation CourseAbstractThis article presents the results of student involvement in two projects for a local manufacturingcompany in a manufacturing modeling and simulation course. The results presented served as abasis to enhance students learning experience, as well as to improve the ways by which suchgroup
and manufacturing,electronics manufacturing, and manufacturing processes.Ahmet Bugra KokuAhmet Bugra Koku (B.Sc. in ME and M.Sc. in systems and control engineering, BogaziciUniversity, Istanbul, Turkey) received his a Ph.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. He is asenior member in the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Vanderbilt. He is a student member ofIEEE (since 1997). His current research interests are memory organization of robots,qualitative/topological navigation, low cost Mechatronics equipment design for robotic Page 8.1009.7applications and robotics education.