Education, 2019SENIOR DESIGN CASE STUDY: APPLICATION OF SYSTEM ENGINEERING CONCEPTS IN THE DESIGN OF A CNC ROUTER 1ABSTRACTSystem engineering (SE) is a multidisciplinary approach for the design, management, andrealization of a complex system. In product development, SE is utilized on structuring a productdevelopment process into simple and collaborative activities that proceed throughout the entireproduct life-cycle, while at the same time, supporting engineers’ decision making. Project basedengineering design classes are suitable for undergraduate students to study and practice theconcepts of SE while solving real-world design problems. In this paper, we document the productdevelopment process, especially the
engineering.2 Writing in the humanities does notdepend heavily upon graphics. Mechanical design, in particular, requires extensive use ofgraphics, not only conventional orthographic drawings, but also sketches, solid models, graphicalrepresentations of various analyses and experiments, prototypes, and other graphical andphysical models to communicate design concepts and outcomes effectively. This paper willpresent a review of the use of graphics tools by students in a sophomore level introductorymechanical design course and senior design projects with a focus on the use of graphicalcommunication techniques and physical objects to develop and communicate design concepts.BackgroundEngineering design graphics has been taught traditionally as the
AC 2010-1975: EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTATION OF NSF WEB-BASEDTECHNOLOGY PROJECTS IN CURRICULUM, COURSE, AND LABORATORYDEVELOPMENT FOR FIRST TIME NEW ABET ACCREDITATIONRichard Chiou, Drexel UniversityWilliam Danley, Drexel University Page 15.550.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Experience in Implementation of NSF Web-based Technology Projects in Curriculum, Course, and Laboratory Development for First Time ABET AccreditationAbstractThe new Applied Engineering Technology Program at Drexel University received a first-timeprogram accreditation from the Technology Accreditation Commission (TAC) of theAccreditation Board for
complete projects in their areas of interest. Some studentprojects were: • Web Enabled Factory Ventilation Control • The Internet Counter Controller • Web Database Access using Java Servlet (one ECET student and three CS students) • Industrial Control Applications Using the Opto22 Factory Floor • Home Security System (remote monitoring and control) using Ethernet I/O and Programmable Logic Controller • Device and Appliance Control Over the Internet • ASP Database Application: Data Time Clock • Website Interface Controller and Database • A Web Enabled Intelligent Traffic Monitoring System (civil engineering graduate students)References 1. Paul I-Hai Lin and Hal Broberg, "Web Programming for Industrial
Paper ID #23282A Practical Approach to Cellular Communications Standards EducationDr. Vuk Marojevic, Virginia Tech Vuk Marojevic received his M.S. from the University of Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the Universidad Polit`ecnica de Catalunya—Barcelona Tech, Spain, both in electrical engineering. He joined Wireless@Virginia Tech in 2013, where he is currently a Research Assistant Professor. His research interests are in software-defined radio, spectrum sharing, 4G/5G cellular technology, wireless testbeds and testing, resource management, wireless security, and engineering education with application to mission
an attempt by the Colorado Technical University(CTU), College of Engineering (CoE) to help students build up their entrepreneurial mindset.The approach was successfully implemented to encourage not only a system engineeringapproach/thinking to augment their electrical engineering skillsets but also an entrepreneurialmindset for project ideas that have increased relevance to the marketplace.The integration stresses not only going from extensive technical detail but follow the design anddevelopment process using a system engineering approach. With the system engineeringapproach, the COE encouraged students to establish a need and doing some market analysis butextended this approach to provide an entrepreneurial framework to provide further
concepts.AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful for suggestions and insights from many colleagues in thesystems and venture capital businesses. They also wish to acknowledge the helpfulcomments from the ASEE reviewers who showed how to build a bridge from industry-focused R & D to the Engineering Economy community.Bibliography 1. R C Johnson, ‘Nano-glue bonds copper interconnects’, EETimes, 5/17/07 and at : http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199601491 2. An exposition of this much-quoted urban myth is given at: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/kenolsen.asp 3. R. Chau et al, ‘Benchmarking Nanotechnology for High-Performance and Low-Power Logic Transistor Applications,’ IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol. 4
an effort in theCollege of Engineering at the Ohio State University where the freshman engineering classeswere redeveloped into a combined course with hands-on laboratory elements2. Teamwork,project management, report writing and oral presentations were the main parts of this program.Recently, in their research, Smith et al. focused on classroom-based pedagogy of engagement3.The authors recognized that active and collaborative learning provides better ways for students tolearn by being intensely involved in the educational process. These learning methods can furtherbe implemented by encouraging the students to apply their knowledge in many situations. Thearticle, as illustrated in, also indicates the superiority of the problem-based learning
Paper ID #26908Testing of Small Satellite Systems and Impact on Engineering CurriculumDr. Odon M. Musimbi, Metropolitan State University of Denver Odon M. Musimbi, PhD. Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver PhD, Engineering (Mechanical), Colorado School of Mines(2011) MS, Engineering Systems, Colorado School of Mines(2011) Diploma, Mechanical Engineer, University of Kinshasa (1994)Dr. Julio Proano, Metropolitan State University of Denver My name is Julio Proano, Ph.D., I am assistant professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, hav- ing finished my Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
AAS electrical engineering technology (AAS-EEThereafter) program must prepare students to function as engineering technicians in industry and itmust initiate the transition in rigor and perspective from that for a technician to that for anengineer. The transfer track in the BS electrical engineering (BSEE hereafter) program mustcontinue and complete this transition.The subject of this paper is a well-defined path from AAS-EET programs into a BSEE program.The primary contribution here is the path within the BSEE program for AAS-EET transferstudents. The path overcomes the “start over” drawback traditionally encountered in AAS-ET toBS engineering transitions. More importantly, the path deliberately engenders a transitionalexperience from a
field of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Additive Manufacturing and Green Energy Manufacturing. His research interests are in Systems Engineering & Architecture, Complex systems, Systems testing and Application of Entropy to Complex Systems. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Rapid Manufacturing of Critical Industrial Parts: A Method based on Reverse Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, and Coordinate Metrology AbstractThis paper presents a method of rapidly manufacturing industrial parts that are critical to theproduction. In order to assist the Advanced Manufacturing industry, a senior project team at
Illinois University Pramod Kaushik, a graduate from Northern Illinois University specialized in robotics and VLSI. He had great passion towards robotics and was dedicating his time to implement robotic projects while at school. With bachelors in electronics and communication engineering from Anna University, India, Pramod had a strong background in electrical engineering. The ability to learn new tools and software quickly and to use them in projects made him an idea candidate for research assistant under Dr Abul Azad. Under the able guidance of Dr Azad, Pramod designed and implemented various projects in robotics and among them, the most notable work is ”Developing Control Experiments as a part of Remote Laboratory
together via an ePub editor 73 .Finally, there is the displaying of math in the chapter. This is obviously an important feature.Originally we attempted to use MathML (which ePub 3 is supposed to support), but had greatdifficulty getting this to work. Having used LATEX and MathJax in a similar project 72 , we tried itwith great results. We used the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 74 option in MathJax exclusivelywhich allowed us to trim MathJax down by deleting some unused resources that come bundledwith it.PerformanceThe primary concern in creating interactive eBooks for computationally intensive applications isobviously performance. A test case computed is that of an inviscid, uniform, incompressiblecross-flow over a circular cylinder with
Application Development Lower division (sophomore) Enterprise Applications Development Upper division (senior) Database Administration and Implementation Upper division (senior) Research Concepts in Human Development and Upper division (senior) Consumer Science Visual Merchandising Upper division (junior) Embedded Systems Upper division (junior) Microprocessor Architecture Upper division (junior) Computer Engineering Technology Senior Project Upper division (senior) Introduction to Statistics Upper division
of Science in Engineering Technology(BSET) program, begun in 1969, was discontinued in 1996 - the same year in which an ABET-accredited four year Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) program was initiated. Anextensive history of the BSE program has been compiled by Wheeler13. Another version hasbeen authored by Henson5.Implemented on a semester basis, the BSE program consists of a total of 128 credit hours ofcourse work. Four concentrations are available within the BSE program. They are Civil,Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical Engineering, and correspond to the traditional areas ofpractice covered by these disciplines. Degree requirements include completion of a one semester
Visual Basic for Application™ (VBA) programmingenvironment allows substantial modular programming capabilities beyond those available innormal spreadsheet formulas.4. B. Thermal Modeling and Transient Simulation Figure 2: Schematic and equivalent electrical analog of heat transfer process associated with solar distillation unit (after Dixon2,3, Goswami et al4, and Duffie and Beckman5.Once the sun path has been determined, students are required to construct a model of a solardistillation unit; a suitable model is described by several authors2,3,4,5, and a composite isprovided in Figure 2. Extensive use is made of the electrical analogy to heat transfer, asdescribed in most heat transfer texts. An earlier module in the course
Portland State University. Prior to his Ph.D., he was Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, Visiting Lecturer at Da Nang University of Technology, Vietnam, and Electrical Engineer for an experimental ROV at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. He has served on various ACM SIGGRAPH conference committees serving as emerging technology juror and responsible for special technical projects and data networks. His research interests include crystal-free RF communication, low-power circuit design, and field-deployable sensor systems. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Wireless Environmental Sensing Electronics
larger.HA1b: There is a negative correlation between student grades and the number of misconceptions. If the grade is higher, the number of misconceptions is smaller.H02: There is no difference in numbers of misconceptions of novices and seniors.HA2: Seniors have fewer misconceptions than freshmen.ParticipantsThere were 20 novices (the freshmen and first-semester sophomores enrolled in the introductorylevel course “Digital Fundamentals”), and 22 senior students (enrolled in the senior final project-design course) in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology program at PurdueUniversity, Indiana.Methods and Research DesignConcept InventoryDespite the variety of accepted methods to detect and diagnose students’ misconceptions,Concept
Paper ID #36685Incorporation of Significant Project Experiences within theUndergraduate Engineering CurriculumDr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Sundaram is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon Univer- sity. His areas of research include computational architectures for signal and image processing as well as novel methods to improve/enhance engineering educa ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Work-in-Progress: Incorporation of Significant Project Experiences within the Undergraduate Engineering CurriculumAbstractThis
Electricaland Computer Engineering (ECE) curriculum as well as to the fundamentals course ECEG 210(Applications of Circuit Theory). In this course, we designed and implemented renewableenergy-focused, project-based learning to reinforce the engineering design process that existsacross all 4 years of our curriculum. Our new project introduces second-year electrical andcomputer engineering students to some of the pressing challenges and opportunities presented bythe decreasing costs of renewable energy. This paper examines the project innovation made tothe ECEG 210 course to embrace design-based learning, address multiple student outcomesspecified by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and providestudents with early exposure to
. Sheppard, S.D., et al., Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field. 2008, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.2. Howe, S. and J. Wilbarger. 2005 NATIONAL SURVEY OF ENGINEERING CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSES. in Proc. ASEE Annual Meeting. 2006. Chicago.3. Ford, R.M. and C.S. Coulston, Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers. 2007, New York: McGraw- Hill.4. Woods, D.R., Problem-based Learning: how to gain the most from PBL. third ed. 1996, Hamilton, ON: Waterdown.5. Dutson, A.J., et al., A Review of Literature of Teaching Engineering Design Through Project-Oriented Capstone Courses. J. Eng. Educ., 1997. 89: p. 17.6. Dym, C.L., et al., Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning. J
their knowledge and skills to the military profession. Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1 Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering EducationExcept for final assessment findings, Engr 110Z is documented elsewhere 4-7, so only the mainfeatures are repeated here. Using PBL and the Mars-Mission project, each class-section becamea project team, selected a team manager, and then identified task leaders to head sub-groups.The sub-groups focused on separate tasks such as: travel to Mars (orbital mechanics), energyrequirements (thermodynamics), living on Mars (civil, electrical and mechanical engineering),and physiological and psychology issues
constitute a problem-based learningmethodology as well as cooperative learning techniques. Problem based learning has beenwidely recognized as a means of providing students greater insight into problems and, as acorrelation, better development of problem solving skills.4,5 Note that problem based learningcan be utilized to address all of the ABET a-k requirements. With regards to ABET 3-a, theContinental Crossing students were able the apply their knowledge of math, science andengineering during the all stages of the project. Specific applications include the site survey,where the team gathered date on the site hydraulics, geology and topography of the site, researchinto the feasibility of alternate bridge designs, estimating project costs and
electrical engineering at the University of North Dakota. Prof. Johnson has been an electrical engineering faculty member at the University of North Dakota since 1988, and he served as the department chairperson from 1999 through 2005. Prof. Johnson earned his B.S.E.E. at UND in 1959 and his M.S.E.E. at Iowa State University in 1962. His teaching experience varies from numerous MBA courses to a variety of engineering courses including circuits, electronics, robotics, image processing, and senior design.Douglas Olsen, University of North Dakota Doug Olsen is a Project Manager for the Center for People and the Environment at UND, where he has led the student and faculty development
reconstruct and demonstrate all of the possibleconfigurations of the wind unit. Additionally, they acquired further insight about the circuitryand components of the wind unit through De Lorenzo support. The one goal the students did notmanage to achieve was outputting the wind unit’s electrical data to the De Lorenzo computersoftware. Throughout this project, the wind energy modular trainer taught the team a great dealabout the practical applications of wind energy. The project also furthered their troubleshootingabilities and group coordination. Figure 2 shows the unit under test by the team members.Figure 2. Wind Trainer Unit under Test 3. Electric Car Technology. This project focused on attempting to achieve zeroemissions from a vehicle
Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Dr. Dan Moore is the associate dean of the faculty and professor in the Electrical and Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He received his PhD in Electrical Page 12.235.1 Engineering from N. C. State University in 1989 in the area of compound semiconductors. He directed the departmental senior design program for several years and now oversees externally sponsored multidisciplinary graduate and undergraduate projects. His current research interests include engineering design methodologies
Paper ID #21693Literature Review and Methods Paper: Identifying Influencers That Con-tribute to Transformative Learning in an Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing Undergraduate Capstone Design Project and Selecting Action ResearchMethods to Frame a StudyDr. Rachael E. Cate, Oregon State University Rachael Cate: Dr. Rachael Cate received her MA in rhetoric and composition from Oregon State Univer- sity in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Higher Education Leadership and Research from Oregon State University in 2016. She joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University as a member of the
Paper ID #19897Development of a Project-based Plastic Injection Molding Course for Manu-facturing ProgramsDr. Gangjian Guo, Bradley University Dr. Gangjian Guo is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering & Technology at Bradley University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from University of Toronto in 2006. Prior to joining Bradley University in 2015, he worked at GE (General Electric) for more than 5 years.Dr. Joseph C. Chen, Bradley University Dr. Joseph Chen is Caterpillar Professor and Chairman of the Department of Industrial &
Australasian Association for Engineering Education 2012, The. Engineers Australia, 2012.8. Long, John M., J. R. Florance, and Matthew Joordens. "The use of home experimentation kits for distance students in first-year undergraduate electronics." Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. American Society for Engineering Education, 2004.9. Buechler, Dale, et al. “Real-Time Interactive Troubleshooting and Assessment of Distance Lab Projects.” ." Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Annual Conference. 2013.10. Ndlovu, N., and A. Smith. "The Internet-of-things in remote-controlled laboratories." Proceeding of the13th annual conference on World Wide Web Applications
ApplicationsThis article discusses our continuing efforts to integrate the Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs) into the digital system design course. The course follows on from the first-year digitallogic course. Programmable gate arrays had previously been introduced in our senior-levelembedded system course, but the recent trend toward applications in industry demanded thatFPGAs be introduced earlier in the Electrical and Computer Engineering curricula. In the fallsemester of 2009 we began introducing FPGAs into the digital system design course. Thisallowed our second-year students to explore high-level circuit designs with a state-of-the-artComputer-Aid Design suite (CAD) with Xilinx’s FPGAs.In this work, we describe the revision for the digital