Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Ramachandran; Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2012-4810: AN AUTOMATED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE QUAL-ITY OF CODE REVIEWSLakshmi RamachandranDr. Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer is an Associate Professor in the departments of Computer Science and Electrical & Com- puter Engineering at North Carolina State University. He received his Ph.D. from Purdue University and has also taught at Carnegie Mellon University and Monash University in Australia. His research interests lie mainly in computer-supported cooperative learning. Page 25.154.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 An

Conference Session

Development of Manufacturing Engineering Laboratories I

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

AC 2012-4265: PROMOTING AWARENESS IN MANUFACTURING STU-DENTS OFDr. Merwan B. Mehta, East Carolina University Merwan Mehta, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., in the Tech- nology Systems Department. Prior to joining academics, he has more than 20 years of experience working as a machine tool Design Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manager, Vice President, and Consultant. His present research interests are improving manufacturing productivity through lean manufacturing prin- ciples and theory of constraints, and the pursuit of quality and variation control through Six Sigma and GD&T. He has conducted sessions in value stream mapping, lean manufacturing, fixture design

Conference Session

New Classrooms, New Challenges I: Novel Approaches to Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2012-4579: REGULATORY COMPLIANCE TRAINING IN BIO/CHEMICALENGINEERING COURSESDr. Arthur Felse, Northwestern University P. Arthur Felse is a lecturer in the master’s of biotechnology program and the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Northwestern University. His responsibilities include teaching, student advis- ing, coordinating master’s research training, and managing the biotechnology teaching laboratory. Before joining Northwestern University, Felse completed his postdoctoral training at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he was awarded a NSF fellowship. He and his colleagues at Polytechnic Institute received the EPA’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in 2003

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul I-Hai Lin; Hal Broberg

is used for the course, is alsodescribed.I. IntroductionWith today’s sophisticated education system, we must have the ability to add distancedelivery courses to accommodate many different students. Full time, part time, studentswith mobile job assignments, and continuing professional development students are allcritical to the success of an educational institution such as Indiana University-PurdueUniversity Fort Wayne (IPFW). The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) department is a leader in delivering courses live on the IPFW TV channel.In a world of rapid change, business and industries are relying more and more ondistributed computing and networked computing through the Internet (also known as theWorld Wide Web), e-mail

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Francis W. Derby; Willie Ofosu

been compiled forGIS applications are specific to geographic regions. With the Internet, geographic boundariesare only imaginary. By linking data servers that store data about individual geographiclocations, the entire world could be made into a single GIS boundary. This means that datacould be obtained from servers all over the world to process a single query. International andFederal agencies, as well as, governments of foreign countries and educational institutionswould benefit mostly from such applications. Again, this calls for a more sophisticated dataorganization, standardization with regards to resolution, accuracy, currency and structure. Thisapplication also calls for a different kind of GIS analyst. For example, the server and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew G. Sutton; Ing-Chang Jong

primary interest lies in desktopsoftware development solutions for mechanical engineering analysis and educational enrichment.ING-CHANG JONGIng-Chang Jong is currently a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He received aBSCE in 1961 from the National Taiwan University, an MSCE in 1963 from South Dakota School of Mines andTechnology, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in 1965 from Northwestern University. He servedas Chair of the Mechanics Division, ASEE, in 1996-97. His research interests are in mechanics and engineeringeducation. Page 5.67.15 15

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald R. Hosey; R. Gregg Bruce; Lester K. Eigenbrod; Hansjoerg Stern

would be of maximum educational value to the graduating METstudents taking this course. The project emphasizes the systems aspects of design, how components are selected and howthey function together. Converting the design to hydraulics requires the students to becomefamiliar with the advantages of the high force capability of hydraulic actuators and the extensivevariability of hydraulic propulsion. They also need to be aware of potential disadvantages inhydraulics, i.e., higher cost and decreased power efficiency which must be offset by added or newcapabilities. The complexity of the new system required structuring the teams so that each majorfunction of the tractor would be separately engineered and integrated into a total working system

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne E. Wells

studies are used to teachthe language and concepts of costs and the relationships between engineering decisions andthe economic performance of the firm.WHO REALLY DETERMINES COSTS? A fundamental issue we must address as engineering educators is the vital role playedby engineers in the economic performance of the firm for which they are employed. For, afterall, it is the engineers who determine, through the nature and quality of their decisions,whether the firm will make money and stay in business or lose money and eventually go outof business. I address this with the following parable, that I call the Parable of the X-Ray Vision. Imagine that you and a friend are standing in the lobby of a manufacturing firm. Puton your

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Raj Raman

class time. Thissecond revision was very rewarding, achieving a >95% attendance rate over the semester, andstrongly positive student evaluations. By making engineering design central to the class, studentmaturity and student interest were increased, and their educational needs better served, than inthe traditional lecture format. At the time of this writing, the third revision of the course isunderway. I am now distributing printed class notes to transmit technical information, and relyingon problem sets, quizzes, a semester long design project, and student initiated discussions toreinforce the material. Again, the non-lecturing, design focus of the course appears to beachieving high student attendance and interest. These experiences have

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Schulz; DeRome Dunn; Abhijit Duraphe; Samuel Owusu-Ofori; Ajit Kelkar; Devdas Pai; Richard Layton

some authors to mean the driving of upstreamcourse content by downstream course objectives. For example, Mahajan and Mcdonald (1997)report on their experience with a multipurpose laboratory environment where students use thesame experimental set-ups in multiple courses, and build upon the work done in previouslaboratories of the same course as well as those of previous courses. Borges et al. (1997) used aknowledge-based system to help reconfigure their school's electrical engineering curriculum suchthat there was vertical integration of the content throughout the learning modules.In the educational experiment described herein, the authors have broadened the definition ofvertical integration to include not only the use of a consistent computing

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bo Yu, Utah Valley University; Anne-marie A Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Mike Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Zampaloni, University of Wisconsin, Platteville ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Entrepreneurial Minded Learning in a Core Junior-Level Mechanical Vibrations CourseAbstractThis paper describes the implementation of a project that incorporated prototyping and theentrepreneurial mindset into a core, junior-level Mechanical Vibrations course in the mechanicalengineering curriculum. The course underwent an update that included the modification of ahands-on prototyping project integrating aspects of the entrepreneurial mindset into the projectrequirements starting Summer 2021. The project required that all aspects were verified usingtraditional theoretical relationships, were

Conference Session

New Developments in Teaching Electromagnetics and Related Topics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert H. Caverly, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-1289: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN RF ANDMICROWAVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM COMPONENTSRobert H. Caverly, Villanova University Robert Caverly has been a faculty member at Villanova University since 1997. Prior to that he was on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is interested in RF and microwave engineering as it pertains to RFICs and discrete control devices. Page 22.1190.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Project-based Learning Experiences in RF and Microwave Wireless Communications System

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendrick T. Aung, Lamar University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1664: SIMULATION TOOLS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTSKendrick T. Aung, Lamar University KENDRICK AUNG is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lamar University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 1996. He is an active member of ASEE, ASME, AIAA. ASHRAE, SAE and Combustion Institute. He has published over 70 technical papers and presented several papers at national and international conferences. Page 22.1297.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Simulation tools for

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher S. Greene, University of Saint Thomas; Paul Ian Nyombi, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-754: DIGITAL DESIGN MEETS DSPChristopher S Greene, University of Saint Thomas Christopher Greene received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology (MIT) and proceeded to a 25 year career in industry. At Honeywell, he did research on adaptive control and navigation systems before becoming Program Manager for several large aerospace programs. At Horton and Nexen, he was responsible for the development of industrial control products. In 2002, Dr. Greene joined the engineering department at the University of St. Thomas where he currently is the Pro- gram Director for Electrical Engineering and teaches classes in signals and systems, controls and digital design as

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology; Danny H Cole

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1196: EET PROJECT SESSION IN A PROJECT LEAD THE WAYCONFERENCE FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSGene L. Harding, Purdue University, Statewide Technology GENE L. HARDING is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology at Purdue University, where he has taught for eight years. He has three years of industrial experience with Agilent Technologies and over 25 years of combined active and reserve service in the United States Air Force.Danny H Cole Page 22.530.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 EET Project Session in a

Conference Session

Oceans & Marine Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James W. Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Novick, Sandia National Labs

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

AC 2011-1755: DESIGNING AN AUV COMPETITION TO DRAW ENGI-NEERING STUDENTS TOWARDS OCEAN ENGINEERINGJames W Bales, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Bales was the inaugural Technical Director of ONR and AUVSI’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition. He is the Assistant Director at MIT’s Edgerton Center, a center dedicated to hands-on, project-based learning.Dr. David Novick, Sandia National Labs Page 22.440.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Designing an AUV Competition to Draw Engineering Students Towards Ocean EngineeringThe First

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhammad Zafrul Hasan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at TAMU. His research interests include the design, implementation, and testing of dynamically reconfigurable computing systems, performance evaluation of computer architectures, and behavioral synthesis and testing of digital systems, energy efficient embedded systems. Page 22.456.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Developing and Implementing Digital Systems Testing Course for Engineering and Technology CurriculumAbstractDigital systems have penetrated in all

Conference Session

Mechatronics in the Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bingen Yang, University of Southern California; Cheng-Yuan Jerry Chen, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-714: DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR TEACH-ING MODEL-BASED DESIGN TECHNIQUES IN DYNAMICS AND CON-TROL PROGRAMBingen Yang, University of Southern California Dr. Bingen Yang is Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, who has taught courses (includ- ing AME 301, 420 and 451) and conducted research in the area of dynamics and control at USC for 21 years. He has expertise in modeling, analysis, and simulation of dynamic systems and structures. He has developed more than 300,000 lines of MATLAB codes for simulation of dynamic and control systems, which have been used in some courses taught by him. Dr. Yang is the author of the book ”Stress, Strain, and Structural Dynamics: An Interactive Handbook

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy A. Paull; J. Michael Jacob; Robert J. Herrick

semesterElectrical Engineering Technology circuits course with problems generated,administered, checked, and immediately graded over the World Wide Web. The resultswere displayed on the student’s screen allowing drill and mastery learning in a non-judgmental mode.There is an increasing amount of research directed at the affects of interactive web-basedlearning. The ALN teaching method provides the students with access to the assignmentsat any time. This allows students to work at their own pace, on their own time, and toreceive instant feedback about their understanding of the subject matter. This studyassesses the effects of students' overall performance, when using an interactivehomework web site as compared with traditional manually performed and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Andrade; Ana Cabrales; Veronica Martinez; Sheng-Jen Hsieh

lights flash on andoff. Change the sequence by dragging the blocks to form a different order and a new operationwill result. Figure 2 illustrates this example.2.3 Reconfigurable Construction ModulesTabletop construction kits are often used to demonstrate the operating principles of automatedsystems. The tabletop technology system allows a person to mimic a whole range of technologicalcontexts. For example, at the larger end of the simulated scale one can construct a model of apick-and-place arm with several degrees of freedom. Within the context of the arm alone, theconstruction and control of its segments may be studied and reconfigured. Fischertechnikcomponents provide the flexibility and functionality needed for educational purposes

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jawa Mariappan; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran

, design projects and research. The solution of these real-world problems require notonly a proficiency in the technical principles, but, as importantly, require a mastery of writtenand oral communication skills and the ability to work as part of an multidisciplinary team1,2Table 1 contains an overview of course content in the 8-semester engineering clinic sequence.As shown in the table, while each clinic course has a specific theme, the underlying concept ofengineering design permeates throughout 3. Table 1. Overview of course content in the 8-semester Engineering Clinic sequence. Year Clinic Theme Clinic Theme (Fall ) (Spring) Freshman

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Lovgren; M. Racer

from some prior observations) The students recognized the applicability of statistics in this setting, which made later applications easier to acceptThe educational value of this project was that it showed the students first-hand the role of datacollection in creating statistical models. The students also learned how common activities couldbe modeled using some fundamental probability distributions (most notably binomial,hypergeometric, and exponential).Project #2 - Work ExperienceTask:Consider the current jobs of at least 2 individuals in your group, and describe three problems.One must be an application utilizing the binomial, hypergeometric, negative binomial, orgeometric distribution. One must be an application of some distribution that

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Eberlein; M. R. Smith

tounderstand their role within the project. In addition, initial planning requires communication andnegotiation skills in which the students, and faculty advisors, are not sufficiently skilled.A major complaint concerns the perception by students and faculty advisors of a poor balancebetween effort spent on project management and the technical aspects of the project. Somestudents state that they spend 95% of their time writing.There are two aspects associated with these perceptions. First, many students do not recognizethat much of the initial planning is simply associated with the development concepts that theywould have to tackle later on under any circumstances. Better education and experience cansolve this attitude. The second is associated with

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James J. Alpigini

Transactions on Education, V 39, No.3, August 1995, pp. 230-235.JAMES J. ALPIGINIJames J. Alpigini is an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering at the Penn State GreatValley School of Graduate Professional Studies. In addition to research, he teaches in the areasof computer architecture, computer security, numerical analysis and mechatronics. He receiveda B.E.E. degree from Villanova University in 1982, a M.Eng.E.S. degree from the PennsylvaniaState University in 1993 and a Ph.D. from the Engineering Faculty at the University of Wales,Swansea in 1999. Page 5.158.8

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson University; Brian Machmer, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2010-592: DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKEENGINEERING TEACHING MODULE USING AN INSTRUCTIONAL SHAKETABLENadarajah Ravichandran, Clemson UniversityBrian Machmer, Clemson University Undergraduate Student Page 15.402.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Teaching Module Using an Instructional Shake TableAbstractLiquefaction, which is the loss of strength of supporting soil, is one of the major causes ofdestruction to permanent infrastructure (roads, buildings, and bridges). After being introduced tothe concepts of compaction, permeability and effective stress in an introductory

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University; Ricardo Monterrosa, DeVry University; Rammy Badran, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AC 2010-679: AUTOMATED LUGGAGE TRACKING SYSTEMAlireza Kavianpour, DeVry University Dr. Alireza Kavianpour received his PH.D. Degree from University of Southern California (USC). He is currently Senior Professor at DeVry University, Pomona, CA. Dr. Kavianpour is the author and co-author of over forty technical papers all published in IEEE Journals or referred conferences. Before joining DeVry University he was a researcher at the University of California, Irvine and consultant at Qualcom Inc. His main interests are in the areas of embedded systems and computer architecture.Ricardo Monterrosa, DeVry University Ricardo Monterrosa is a Computer Engineering Technology graduate from DeVry

Conference Session

Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering Technology: Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Denton, Purdue University; Marc Williams, Purdue University; Joseph Kmec, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2010-798: MASS UNBALANCE IN AN MET COURSENancy Denton, Purdue University Nancy L. Denton, PE, CVA III, is a professor and the associate department head for the Purdue University MET Department. Her educational endeavors focus on awareness and inclusion in STEM and experimental mechanics, while her research interests include applications of machinery monitoring and data acquisition. She is active in ASEE and serves as the Academic Director for the Vibration Institute.Marc Williams, Purdue University Marc E. Williams does contract work in the field of vibration analysis. He has extensive experience with rotating and reciprocating equipment in the Power, Paper, Steel and Food

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

William Robinson, Stevens Institute of Technology; Michael Pennotti, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

. Page 21.9.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Accelerating Experience with Live Simulation of Designing Complex SystemsIntroductionExperience is generally thought to be something engineers acquire on the job, a product of lessonslearned from real-life successes and failures. With the demand for skilled engineers exceedingsupply 1,2, however, there is great interest in whether and how this process might be accelerated.This is of particular concern as the engineering workforce becomes increasingly global, withdistributed teams having to collaborate at a distance, without the benefit of frequent face-to-facemeetings to stimulate creativity and resolve ambiguities 3. Recent experiments have

Conference Session

Effective Energy Laboratory Ideas

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Xiaoguang Yang; Chika Nwankpa; Anthony Madonna; Karen Miu

the power distribution system Page 7.606.1 focus of RDAC will complement the generation and transmission oriented laboratories alreadyavailable. RDAC will provide students with hands-on learning experiences in the analysis,operation and planning of electric power distribution systems.A comprehensive curriculum is targeted to expose all electrical and computer engineeringstudents to power distribution systems through RDAC laboratory modules and to provide moreformal education to upper-level electrical engineering students through full courses andlaboratories. RDAC is designed to be reconfigurable both in its physical construction

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University

Civil Engineering and Construction Management, and seven years as the Associate Dean of the College of Science and Technology at Geor- gia Southern University. Dr. Navaee’s main research interests are in the areas of solid mechanics and structures. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Redesigning of a Computing Course in the Civil Engineering CurriculumAbstractIn the presented paper, the thought process and special considerations for redesigning of anintroductory level computing course in the Civil Engineering and Construction Department atGeorgia Southern University is included and discussed. This redesign exploits the specialnumerical