Conference Session

Instrumentation Applications

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lash B. Mapa, Purdue University, Calumet; Avanish Reddy Vancha, Purdue University, Calumet

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Instrumentation

engineering technology at Purdue University, Calumet (PUC). His undergraduate degree is in electronics and communications engineering. He is a Graduate Assistant at Purdue University teaching the undergraduate course Statistical Process Control and his research areas are design of experiments (DOE) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt by American Society for Quality. Page 25.399.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012AbstractThere are many factors that contribute to heat losses in tunnels used in processing andthis is an attempt

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2000 Annual Conference

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William E. Cole; Walter Buchanan

. http:/iae.coe.drexel.edu3. Quinn, Robert and Carr, Robin, “Introduction to the Art of Engineering,” Wiley Custom Services, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., ISBN 0-471-32417-5.4. Carlson, Bruce, et. al., “A Motivational First-year Electronics Lab Course,” Journal of Engineering Technology, October 1997, p357-362.WILLIAM E. COLEDr. Cole received his Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering Degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and hisDoctor of Philosophy from the Pennsylvania State University. He has over twenty years of industrial experiencedeveloping industrial process equipment at The United Technologies Research Center and Thermo Electron Corp.Dr. Cole is now using this industrial experience to help educate the next

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald W. Garrett; Paul L. Stephenson III

Session 1463How a Course in Statistical Process Control Can Utilize Real-time Data from an Industrial Production Facility Paul L. Stephenson III and Ronald W. Garrett Grand Valley State UniversityAbstractEngaging students as active learners in applied statistics courses and getting them to thinkcritically about the workings of a full-scale production facility is a difficult task. Yet it isan important challenge that educators face when teaching a statistical process controlcourse.This challenge has been addressed at GVSU by giving students an opportunity toparticipate in projects and to interact

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Madhu Gourineni; Badrul H. Chowdhury

alternative approach, such as ananimated, interactive graphical scheme could enhance a student’s curiosity in learning converterworking principles, because of the simplicity in the approach. The World Wide Web and theJava language provides the essential ingredients for creating a user-friendly environment for sucha task. We have thus constructed some Java applets and they are placed at the followinglocation: http://www.ece.umr.edu/courses/power_electronics/ The use of Java and the world wide web is now gaining widespread acceptance as aconvenient education tool [5-8]. While we agree with the approach as being superior toconventional approaches, however, it remains to be seen whether it is more effective in impartingeducation to students. We are

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas F. Schubert Jr.; Kathleen A. Kramer

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Amin Karim; Ahmed Khan

Karachi, an MSEE from Michigan TechnologicalUniversity, and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. His research interests are in the areas ofFiber Optics Communications, Thin film devices, and Internet and distance education. He is author of “TheTelecommunications Fact Book”and co-author of “Technology and Society: A Spectrum of issues for the 21st century”and “Technology and Society: Crossroads to the 21st Century”. He is a member of IEEE, ASEE, ASQC, and LIA.AMIN KARIM is the curriculum manager of the EET programs for fourteen DeVry campuses in the United Statesand Canada. Before joining DeVry in 1991, he served as a faculty member, as a department chair, and as a dean ofengineering technology programs. He received his MSEE from

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles N. Eastlake; Alfred L. Stanley

brittle that it cannot be subjected to any significant loads. The new CAMsystem described in this paper takes a another step closer to actual engineering practice.It incorporates a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) 3-axis milling machine which canwork from the same database already established. This system can make much largerparts, up to eight feet long, and can make them from structurally testable materials.From a design education point of view, the Boolean algebra or intersection of setsapproach to building solid models on a computer screen is deceptively easy. Surfacesoverlap each other, cut through each other, can be added and subtracted, and can bepainlessly rotated to any angle for viewing. Students find a whole new world ofunexpected

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger A. Messenger

, poly silicon, thin film silicon andother thin film devices, with an emphasis on electrical and optical properties of the materials aswell as a look at factors which affect the expected lifetimes of the various cell technologies.Markvart2 presents some material on cell physics, but other solid state electronics texts4,5 havebeen used as supplements to the material in Markvart.HOMEWORK Taking the existence of good homework problems for granted is easy when one teachesout of textbooks such as Nilsson and Riedel6 or Sedra and Smith7 . Although Markvart hasgood study questions, the book does not contain the typical analysis or design problems to whichthe engineering educator has become accustomed. It was thus necessary to develop a set

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

James P. Solti; James M., Jr. Greer

resolve Ill-Defined problems (problem solving skills). 6. Provide a forum for the instructors to assess their own pedagogical prowess. 7. Continue to integrate the USAFA educational outcomes into the classroom experience. 8. Facilitate technology integration into the classroom.The objectives have been specifically formulated to serve the higher institutionalobjectives, which the USAFA refers to as “educational outcomes.” 1. Officers who possess breadth of integrated, fundamental knowledge in the basic sciences, engineering, the humanities, and social sciences, and depth of knowledge in an area of concentration of their choice. 2. Officers who are intellectually curious

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Zickel; Russell A. Aubrey

that can take a number of years to develop. Mastering thisskill is critical for Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) graduates entering the modernworkplace. A prime objective of educators is to develop tools and techniques that cansignificantly shorten this time frame for students with limited electronic experience.This paper describes instructional tools and techniques developed for use in teaching thetroubleshooting course (EET 276) at Purdue University Statewide Technology (PST) sites.Methodology for the Discrete Amplifier BoardTroubleshooting is typically considered to be an integral part of all EET courses. At PurdueUniversity, EET 276 reinforces the electrical and electronic concepts presented in the first threesemesters in EET by

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. D'Souza; N.W. Scott; B.J. Stone

students more critically When multi-degree of vibration is considered the importantaware of the limits of modelling.” As resources for education concepts to be taught are, multiple natural frequencies, modeare reduced and promotion is rarely affected by any time spent shapes, damped and undamped absorbers etc. Barrett-Leonardon developing laboratories there is the danger that more [3] extended the lab of Lyons to cover multi-degree of freedomsimulations will replace laboratories. However the need for vibration. There was a disadvantage with this extended

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

George G. Karady; Daniel Tylavsky

solving.The difficulty observed in the undergraduate program, namely low student interest, is the resultof several interacting factors. Most of these factors are beyond the control of the students andinstructors. One factor that affects student interest and that we, as faculty, can control, is the waywe present material in the classroom. Students get bored when they do not understand what weteach and they do not understand what we teach when we offer material in a mode that isdifferent from their natural learning mode. Research has shown that about 75% of undergraduateengineering students are visual learners while (typically) in excess of 90% of our instruction isoral and written verbal communication [1]. Further, most students (60%) learn

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ET Programs II

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #43988Real-Time Evaluation of Energy Efficiency of Hydraulic SystemsDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is a Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical engineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His area of interest is engineering education, engineering design, fluid power, instrumentation and controlDr. Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University Professor in the Department of Engineering Design, Manufacturing, and

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #41333Seamless Integration of Digital Circuits and Assembly LanguageProf. Yumin Zhang, Southeast Missouri State University Yumin Zhang is a professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology, Southeast Missouri State University. His research interests include semiconductor devices, electronic circuits, neural networks, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Seamless Integration of Digital Circuits and Assembly Language Yumin Zhang Department of Engineering and Technology

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammed A. Hasan; Christopher R. Carroll

, and implemented those applications in a lab environment duringthe last seven weeks of the quarter. The two faculty team-teachers provided assistance asneeded in the digital signal processing area and microprocessor hardware and software area.The result of this workshop was exposure of students with interests in either digital signalprocessing or in microprocessor systems to issues and applications in the other area, thusbroadening their education and providing some appreciation in these students for Page 4.541.1disciplines outside of their primary focus. This paper describes the lab environmentprovided to the students for the development of their

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John E. Shea

, Teaching Engineering, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1993.3. Shea, John E., Thomas M. West, and Kimberly D. Douglas, "Utilizing Customer Surveys in ManufacturingEngineering Curriculum Redesign", International Conference on Education in Manufacturing, March 13-15, SanDiego, CA., 1996.4. Brassard, Michael and Diane Ritter, The Memory Jogger II, GOAL/QPC, Methuen, MA, 1994.5. Deming, W. Edwards, Volume VII of the Deming Video Library, The Red Bead Experiment and Life, Films, Inc.,Chicago, IL, 1992.6. Deming, W. Edwards, Volume VIII of the Deming Video Library, Lessons of the Red Bead Experiment, Films,Inc., Chicago, IL, 1992.7. Kepner, Charles H. and Benjamin B. Trego, The New Rational Manager, Princeton Research Press, Princeton, NJ,1981.JOHN E. SHEA is an

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanley J. Pisarski; James L. Hales

-fivestudents graduated on April 27, 1975. Planned growth in the program brought the peak total full-time day enrollment close to 550 in 1982 with twenty-one faculty members. In the most recentschool year (1996-97) there were 257 students enrolled. The faculty consists of eighteenmembers. There are more than 1900 total graduates of the three programs working throughout Page 3.4.1the United States and in foreign countries.History of Cooperative Education at UPJ In 1976 the University of Pittsburgh received a grant to implement cooperative educationprograms. A decision was made in 1977 to extend the grant to include UPJ with the primaryintent to

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Guccione, Eastern Illinois University; Thomas McDonald, Eastern Illinois University

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Industrial Engineering

AC 2010-894: A META STUDY OF DISCRETE EVENT MODELING ANDSIMULATION (DES) USED BY HEALTHCARE INDUSTRIESSamuel Guccione, Eastern Illinois UniversityThomas McDonald, Eastern Illinois University Page 15.52.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Meta Study of Discrete Event Modeling and Simulation (DES) Used by Healthcare IndustriesIntroductionDiscrete event modeling and simulation (DES) is a popular tool in widely varying fields foridentifying and answering questions about the effects of changes on processes. Themanufacturing and business sectors have been using DES since the early 1980’s. Because ofissues related to economic and social

Conference Session

Teaching Circuit Theory and Electronics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daren Reed Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State University; Gerd Walter Wöstenkühler, University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Harz

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-801: A NEW PEDAGOGY FOR THE ELECTRONICS LABORA-TORYDaren Reed Wilcox, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityGerd Walter Wstenkhler, Hochschule Harz (University of Applied Sciences) Page 22.79.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A New Pedagogy for the Electronics LaboratoryIntroductionFor decades, laboratory instruction of electronic circuits and devices has been centered onstandard plastic dual-in-line (PDIP) components and integrated circuits such as the uA741operational amplifier inserted in a breadboard for testing. Prior to this method many engineeringprograms used circuit board trainers

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Laboratories

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia; Samuel Lakeou, University of the District of Columbia; Wagdy Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Amarachukwu C Ukaegbu, University of the District of Columbia; Lily Kemathe, University of the District of Columbia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2010-1992: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIRTUAL WEB-BASEDPOWER MEASUREMENT MODULE FOR A HYBRID RENEWABLE POWERSYSTEMEsther Ososanya, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Esther T. Ososanya is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of the District of Columbia. During her career, Dr. Ososanya has worked for private industry as a circuit development engineer and as a software engineer, in addition to her academic activities. She received her education in the United Kingdom, where she achieved her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1985. She was also a Visiting Professor at Michigan Technological University for five years

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique Head, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-2086: USE OF CLICKERS FOR REAL-TIME ASSESSMENT IN ANINTRODUCTION TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSION COURSEMonique Head, Texas A&M University MONIQUE HEAD is an assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Her research and teaching interests include structural, bridge and earthquake engineering. Page 15.1304.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Use of Clickers for Real-time Assessment in an Introduction to the Civil Engineering Profession CourseAbstractThe objective of this paper is to show

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

Paper ID #44581The Service We Offer in Teaching About Common SenseProf. Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University Craig Gunn is the Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineer- ing at Michigan State University. He integrates communication skill activity into all courses within the mechanical Engineering program. He has co-authored a number of texts related to communication and poetry in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 The Service we Offer in Teaching About Common Sense Craig James Gunn

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Scott Shepard

undergraduate physics laboratories, the underlying mathematics ofthese fundamentally quantum aspects of light (and matter) is extraordinarilysimple – making it readily accessible to Engineering Technology students.Moreover, although these experiments were initially geared towards illustratingthe most strikingly non-classical features of quantum physics, they are indeed akey step towards educating our society in what will soon become one of the mostdramatic technological revolutions of our time. Quantum computers can (inprinciple) do things that are classically impossible – such as guess your bankaccount password in a matter of minutes. Quantum encryption is the only knownmeans of restoring the security of such information. The technologicalimplications

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUMentions of any significant exposure to electronics, software, or hardware, were scarce with only21% of all autobiographies reporting something that could be seen as being related to computers,electronics, software or hardware. The author defines “typical” computer use as being reportedactivities such as watching videos, gaming, social media, research, writing papers. Includingthose mentions of typical computer use, the percentage rises to 75%. Almost 25% ofrespondents made no mention of computers in answers to the survey questions. The assumptionthat incoming college students are “tech-savvy” is likely to be rather misconstrued. Only onestudent mentioned Arduino® and LegoNXT®, two others

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robert Marlor

introducing a new product to theconsumer industrial market. Teams compete against one another to have their design acceptedfor manufacture by a fictitious firm. Students must function as a team to not only design, build,test, promote, and race a vehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate financialsupport for their project and manage their educational priorities.All vehicles are powered by a ten-horsepower Intek Model 20 engine donated by Briggs &Stratton Corporation. For over twenty-five years, the generosity of Briggs & Stratton has enabledSAE to provide each team with a dependable engine free of charge. Use of the same engine byall the teams creates a more challenging engineering design test."To design and manufacture a

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2012 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

James A. Lee; Michael J. D'Agostino

, Publisher, Portland Cement Association[2] Obla, K, Kim H, Lobo C, (2007), Final Report to the RMC Research & Education Foundation Project 05-13, Publisher, National Ready Mix Concrete Association[3] Richardson N, (1991), Review of Variables that Influence Measured Concrete Compressive Strength Materials in Civil Engineering. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(1991)3:2(95)[4] Trejo D, Folliard K, Lianxiang D, (2003), Alternative Cap Materials for Evaluating the Compressive Strength of Controlled Low Strength Materials, Publisher, Journal of Materials ASCE[5] Duggan, John W., Ph.D., P.E., “Applying Sustainability to the Complexities of Concrete Design”, AESS Annual Conference, June, 2011, Burlington, VT Obla, K, Kim H, Lobo C

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Franco Capaldi

struggled with a given topic for morethan 2 weeks. As time progressed, the disparity between thebest and worst student increased. As a result, this method isbest employed when there is some flexibility in the courseschedule. For example, some of the students might need extratime after the end of the semester to complete a given course.However, moving from a fixed course time schedule to a fixedtopic mastery schedule ensures that students who complete thecourse can handle each and every topic within the course. REFERENCES[1] P. Black and D. William, "Assessment and Classroom Learning," Assessment in Education, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 7-73, 1998. C. J. Kaufman, Rocky Mountain Research Lab., Boulder, CO, private

Conference Session

Explorations in Mechanics Pedagogy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; David W. Dinehart, Villanova University

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Mechanics

Chairman Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Villanova University Page 26.780.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015  Flexible Periods Allow for Combined Analytical and Laboratory Experiences Within an Introductory Mechanics CourseAbstractIn 2009, the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Villanova Universityreinvented its course sequence in undergraduate mechanics. Classic courses in Statics,Mechanics of Solids, and Civil Engineering Materials were restructured into a two-coursesophomore-level sequence (Mechanics I and Mechanics II), and

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2004 GSW

Authors

Gurubaran Veeravel; Enno Ed Koehn

construction and has experience in the design, scheduling, and estimating of facilities. In addition, he hasauthored/co-authored approximately 200 papers and presentations in engineering education and the general areasof civil and construction engineering. Dr.Koehn is a member of ASEE, AACE International, ASCE, NSPE, ChiEpsilon, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi and is registered Professional Engineer and Surveyor.GURUBARAN VEERAVELGurubaran Veeravel has been awarded a M.E in Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. He hasserved as Research Assistant for a period of one year in the project “Nano composite catalyst for PEM fuel cell”and as Teaching Assistant for the Department of Chemistry. In addition he has served as a Process Engineer withAGIL

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Mironenko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

-reported score in the end-of-year feedback form about how much they learned has improvedcompared to the previous semester without quizzes. This improvement is a crucial objective ofthe quizzes and provides evidence of their effectiveness.References[1] M. Cred´e, S. G. Roch, and U. M. Kieszczynka, “Class attendance in college: A meta-analytic review of the relationship of class attendance with grades and student characteristics,” Review of Educational Research, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 272–295, 2010.[2] J. K. Durfee, W. R. Loendorf, D. C. Richter, T. L. Geyer, and D. M. Munson, “A formal research study on correlating student attendance to student success,” in 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2012, pp. 25–50.[3] P. Purcell