to a PC after the mission. Again, this is just a piece of wireprotruding through the payload section to which an external serial cable can be clipped.System Overview: SoftwareThe control and data acquisition software for the rocket MCU was written and compiled usingthe PICBASIC Pro compiler. This is a higher level language that has commands and structure ina BASIC-like manner. There are many special function commands built into PICBASIC Pro thatprovide for quick software development. Some of these routines include accurately timedpauses, I2C bus communication and serial port (RS-232) protocols. This programmingenvironment also allows assembly code instructions to be embedded within the BASIC code.This is especially helpful for routines that
instruction, it isconceivable that middle-school students could develop the misconception that the opticalphenomena are separate, discrete events. The students may carry the false impression onward tohigh school or college, and the misunderstanding could prevent them from learning an importantconcept in optics and modern applications such as photonic devices. In the chapter “ScientificInquiry and How People Learn,” Donovan and Bransford identify “Addressing Preconception”as Principle #1 because “everyday experiences often reinforce the very conceptions ofphenomena that scientists have shown to be limited or false, and everyday modes of reasoningare often contrary to scientific reasoning.” [1] In response to a local middle school need, a devicewas
semester-long design projects. Once projects are awarded,freshmen enrolled in the “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” course are assigned to workwith the senior design teams. The senior teams function like small consulting companies thatemploy co-operative education students; e.g., the freshmen.One of the objectives of building this collaboration is a desire to increase the retention rate of thefreshmen by involving them with the seniors in some interesting design work. Additionally, theseniors benefit by gaining team leadership experience, and by developing the ability tocommunicate their ideas to a non-technical audience as their design work progresses.This project began in Fall 2001, and at the conclusion of that semester, an assessment
fabricated byadditively manufacturing route is still being developed [9], [10].Most traditional GD&T classes are commonly taught by having an instructor illustratingdifferent measuring procedures to student. This paper presents a “flipped laboratory” practice byhaving students presenting and explaining the measuring procedure to fellow classmates undersupervision of an instructor.II. Approach and ActivitiesMetrology is implemented to sophomore and junior level courses. Students from the formergroup learn basic metrology measuring techniques before practicing different manufacturingprocesses. Students from the latter group learn GD&T in class and practice flipped sessions intheir labs. Both groups gain hands-on experiences when using both
ofthe design problems assigned to students in Energy Engineering class is to size a solar waterheating system for a residential home. The design sheet was developed by Florida Solar EnergyCenter14 to size a solar water heating system for use in Florida. The first part of the design sheetis shown in Fig. 4. The steps in the system design consist of determining the water usage based Page 12.1576.6on the number of residents, estimation of storage tank size and heating load, determination ofnumber and size of solar water collectors, and economic analysis. Utilizing the design sheetshown in Fig. 4, the students determine the sizes of storage tank
Engineering Education, 2006 The Introduction of Environmental and Industrial Health and Safety Issues and Emerging Technologies in a Beginning Manufacturing Processes CourseAbstractIntroductory courses pertaining to manufacturing processes have traditionally beenincluded in the curriculums of associate and baccalaureate programs in mechanicalengineering technology. The majority of these courses emphasize such topics as forging,rolling, casting, welding, and machining, among others. While these courses typicallyprovide an outstanding foundation in the particular subject area and process mechanics,many have not included any significant coverage in the areas of environmentalmanagement or industrial health and safety. In
Engineering Education. He is Founding General Chair of the IEEE International Electro Information Technology Conferences. Hossein served as 2002/2003 ASEE ECE Division Chair. He was IEEE Education Society Membership Development Chair and now serves as MGA Vice President (2013/2014) and Van Valken- burg Early Career Teaching Award Chair. Dr. Mousavinezhad received Michigan State University ECE Department’s Distinguished Alumni Award, May 2009. He is recipient of 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 Member of IEEE, has
). Page 12.55.4 Figure 5Fan curves are available from manufacturers’ data sheets. For the exercise described inthis paper actual measurements are used to generate a flow characteristic curve instead ofusing a curve from the manufacturer. That way the students get to see for themselveshow the curve is generated.Various methods can be used to develop a flow impedance curve for the system. Manualcalculations can be used to generate the flow impedance curve. Standard pressure dropcalculations can be used to determine drops across various parts of the system such asperforated plates, other types of vents, and various types of obstructions inside thesystem. Many “rules of thumb” are available for estimating
Session 3651 Including Service Learning In The Environmental Engineering Research Project David Pines College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture University of HartfordAbstractService learning provides a meaningful service to the community as well as a relevant learningexperience for the student. The service done by the student is linked to course outcomes andenhances the learning experience that occurs in the classroom. Service learning wasincorporated into the civil engineering curriculum at the
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationReferencesInternational Education Collaborations, Loren Zachary, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2000.How Can University Provide a Global Perspective for Engineers, Natalie Mello, ASEE Annual Conference, June2000.Cross-Cultural Service Learning for Responsible Engineering Graduates, David Vader, Carl Erikson and John Eby,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Diversity: The Role of International Students as the New Global Prerequisite, Hamid Y. Eydgahi, Saeid Eydgahi,ASEE Annual Conference, June 1999.Senior Capstone Design Project in the Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum,Thomas G. Boronkay and Janak Dave, IMECE 2001, November 2001.Creation, Development, and Approval of Design, Build
analysis, testing and prosthesis. Testing for speech and hearing impairment utilize electronicdevices such as audiometers and microphones coupled with computers. As prosthesis, hearingaids and electronic communicators substitute for damaged auditory and speech organs.Avionics focuses on the use of electronics to provide human speech and data transmission andreception, while utilizing the science of speech for electronic system development. An exampleof the use of speech science to improve electronic communications is the Linear PredictiveCoder6 (LPC). An LPC produces a time varying model of the vocal tract excitation and transferfunction from the speech waveform. An LPC speech synthesizer uses the mathematical model ofthe vocal tract to provide
adesign project. The number one design criteria for a design project is that the product must besafe[1]. To know whether a product or a component is safe or not, the first information thatmechanical engineers must obtain is its internal forces through engineering statics. Engineeringstatics is the first technical core course in a sophomore-level engineering curriculum. Teachingand learning engineering statics is a challenge because the concepts of moments, reaction forces,the behavior of different supports, the free-body diagrams, a group of coupling-equations forsolving unknown forces, trusses, frames, machines, etc. are abstract and difficult to beappreciated [2, 3]. Typically, the engineering statics course is treated as a gatekeeper for
]. There has not been any studies comparingCM learning styles and engineering learning styles. The lack of studies in this area indicates agap in the literature. This study was designed to examine the learning styles of a largerpopulation of CM students from across the U.S. and compare them to engineering learning stylesto fill the gap.Research QuestionsThe research questions for this study were; 1. What are the learning styles of undergraduatestudents in four year CM curriculum programs? 2. How do CM student learning styles comparewith other engineering student learning style studies [13, 18, 20, 21], to determine if there is adifference between learning styles specific to CM students and engineering students, as has beencalled for by Felder and
that have been developed through decades ofresearch are based on how people learn and are not unique to traditional face-to-face instruction.Effective teaching, both face-to-face and on line, requires that the teacher is knowledgeable aboutbest practice and is skilled in delivery. As noted by Watwood, et.al. [1], the advent of onlineinstruction is “serving to disrupt teaching as we previously knew it.” This provides uniqueopportunities for faculty to learn about effective teaching and provides a new context for applyingthis learning. It also provides significant challenges as many faculty must learn about pedagogy aswell as the technological tools available for both online and face-to-face instruction.In this paper, we discuss both the
Open-Mindedness.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1759314 (Binghamton University) and Grant No. 1759259 (Indiana University). Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] A. Costa and B. Kallick, Discovering and Exploring Habits of Mind. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2002.[2] A. Costa and B. Kallick, Habits of Mind Across the Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), 2009.[3] S. Alhamlan, H. Aljasser, A. Almajed, H
Engineering Education, 2016 Developing Essential Business and Engineering Skills through Case CompetitionsAbstractThe intersection of business and engineering is being discussed now more than ever ascompanies are demanding that new hires graduating from baccalaureate engineering degreeprograms have a level of business expertise to complement their technical skill sets. Companiesalso expect business students to have an understanding of technical concepts to be effectiveworking in teams composed of employees with both business and engineering backgrounds.With corporate investment and engineering project funding decisions more reliant upon companyfinancial statements and stock price impact, now more than ever, it
and curriculum to provide students with opportunitiesto conceive, design, and implement engineering solutions to complex global issues. This paper describes the development and assessment of a redesigned first yearcornerstone course called Engineering Opportunities. The motivation for the courseredesign was to both be a pathway into the engineering community and to equip studentsfor success in both the classroom and the engineering profession. The course is built on alearner-centered platform that is intended to create an inclusive environment for first yearstudents to successfully transition from high school to college. The course content covershuman-centered design, systems thinking, professionalism and ethics. The intention ofthis
multidisciplinary program, housed in the College of Engineering, drawing on specific faculty and departments for its coursework; faculty appointments were in their home department. • Administration of the program by a Director of Graduate Studies, with a staff assistant • Overall coordination by an Advisory Committee appointed by the Dean of Engineering, responsible for curriculum and related issues. • Thesis and non-thesis options, based on coursework primarily in engineering, with at least one course in organizational behavior from the Business School (see Table 1). Courses include those specifically developed for the Manufacturing Systems program, as well as electives from several departmental programs
society, the profession of engineering as a whole andperhaps most difficult, their own places in both their discipline and their profession. As acommunity, we need to develop innovative pedagogies to support all of these aspects of studentdevelopment and to understand the impacts of such pedagogies.In our work, we are exploring student construction of professional portfolios as one suchpedagogical intervention1-2. In these portfolios, students describe their preparedness forengineering practice and provide evidence of their preparedness by drawing on experiences fromacross their curriculum. These portfolios include an overarching professional statement, artifactsillustrating their engineering skills and abilities (e.g. circuit design) and
Page 23.705.3demonstrate the institution’s commitment to students’ post-college career planning.17Course Development and CollaborationIn the spring 2012 semester, a group of undergraduate engineering students taking a systemsengineering management course asked to do their semester project on the feasibility of a careerdevelopment course for engineering undergraduates. Such a course had been debated off and onfor many years by the faculty and had been deemed not academically rigorous to be offered in atraditional engineering curriculum. In any case, the students’ request was granted and thefeasibility study was done. The resulting project for the systems engineering management classwas presented to the course professor, who also invited the
numerous requests from members of theIndustrial Advisor Committee and senior executives of the local automotive industry to developa mechatronics course in order to meet the demands of the current engineering environment. Agraduate-level mechatronics course was developed in 2001. It was jointly taught by one facultyprofessor from the Mechanical Engineering Department and one faculty professor from theElectrical and Computer Science Engineering Department. Unfortunately, student feedback wasnot favorable and the course was never taught again.Since 2006, several visionary curriculum renovations were implemented; the creation of anundergraduate mechatronics course was one of the curriculum renovation plans. The course
, therefore, need to build proficiency and competencies in ethical datamanagement as a requisite for ethical design.Our aim is to investigate the integration of ethical reasoning and data reasoning into engineeringdesign processes. Often, the competencies for such integration are learned through practice.However, a framework can guide the scaffolding of these practices and help navigate the ethicaland data complexities. This conceptual paper aims to describe the development of DesignReasoning in Data Life-cycle Ethical Management Framework.In engineering design education, the framework provides a structured approach facilitated byspecific tools for curriculum and instruction, allowing mentors such as faculty, design coaches,and reviewers to integrate
limited and laboratory space is typically shared by multiple departments. Spacefor storage is severely constrained as are equipment budgets. Support staff for laboratorypreparation is frequently non-existent. In these circumstances, faculty at two-year colleges havedifficulties carrying out extensive curriculum development work.Goals of this workThe goal of the work reported here is to develop eight laboratory projects suitable for use ingeneral education engineering or technological literacy courses for non-engineers. The projectsshould also be appropriate for introduction to engineering courses, however there may bedifferences in some of the details of how the projects are used with engineers and non-engineers.The projects are intended to be
AC 2011-2471: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CHALLENGE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN ENGINEERING GRAPHICSSeokyoung Ahn, University of Texas - Pan American Dr. Seokyoung Ahn is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Derpartment at the Univer- sity of Texas - Pan American (UTPA), in Edinburg, TX. His current research interests are in the areas of biomedical application of powder injection molding, nonlinear filtering algorithm, model-based nonlinear control, and engineering education.Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American Dr. Robert A. Freeman has been on the faculty of The University of Texas System for over 25 years and is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical
published in scientific journals and presented at the national and international conferences. Dr. Genis has three U.S. patents. From July 2003 to July 2005, as a team facilitator, he worked on the development of the curriculum for the “Partnership for Innovation in Nanobiotechnology Education” program in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and several Community Colleges.Michael Mauk, Drexel University Dr. Michael G. Mauk is an Assistant Professor in the Applied Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University. Dr. Mauk’s research and teaching interests are in nanotechnology, Quality methods, rapid prototyping, microfluidics, and solar energy. Dr. Mauk has a Ph.D. in Electrical
aspect is that in most of the cases, students have discovered thesetools and integrated them into their toolboxes. Faculty and universities should also be on thelookout to integrate these tools into the curriculum by listening to students and their needs.IntroductionA large number of current engineering and engineering technology instructors grew up in an erawhere embedded systems development was extremely expensive and inefficient. You were eitherworking at a medium to large company which could afford tens of thousand dollars in equipmente.g. oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, emulators, compilers, assemblers, memory andmicrocontroller programmers or you had access to similar equipment available at the university.In the worst case you were in a
the standard student perception of instruction (SPoI) evaluation. Thesurvey specifically targeted construction management juniors' perceptions regarding potentiallearning enhancements aimed at improving their achievement of the ACCE SLO 16 "Understandthe basic principles of structural behavior." Students were asked to evaluate various proposedadditions to the curriculum, indicating their level of agreement about whether each additionwould enhance their learning experience.Building on these findings, the second phase focused on developing and implementing acomprehensive reinforced concrete beam lab for Spring 2024. The development process involvedcareful consideration of material selection, equipment procurement, and instructional
Paper ID #40517Penn State College of Engineering Micro-Credential Development,Evaluation, and StandardizationDr. Robin Havens Tate, Penn State University Dr. Tate is The Director of Professional Programs Outreach and an Assistant Teaching Professor for the School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Program at Penn State University’s College of Engineering. Her research interests include theMr. Casey J Fenton, The Pennsylvania State UniversityDr. David Mazyck, Pennsylvania State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Penn State College of Engineering Micro
Paper ID #36727The role of neoliberalism in the development of the ‘new’engineerNatalie Wint Natalie Wint is a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Swansea University, Wales, UK. She has published numerous articles in the field of Materials Engineering but is increasing her research in EER. She is particularly interested in: the way in which engineering is perceived within society; equity, inclusion and diversity; professional engineering skills; and a liberal education. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022
Engineering at Mercer University. He worked for the oilfield services giant Schlumberger for 14 years before. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeast Section Conference Development of a Joint Cybersecurity Graduate Program at Mercer University Donald U. Ekong and Stephen Hill School of Engineering, Mercer UniversityAbstractThis paper discusses the development of a new MS in Cybersecurity program at MercerUniversity. This is a joint program between the School of Engineering, the Computer Scienceprogram (in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), and the School