Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross Gordon, Rice University; Alex Gordon, Rice University; Philip Bedient, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

ofinternational engineering experience, and has been very proactive in supporting Rice-EWB’sefforts and in helping to promote and make available to its students Rice-EWB’s hands-on,design based, international engineering opportunities. Rice-EWB is a key component of theCEE department’s “Building Bridges to the 21st Century” National Science Foundationcurriculum reform grant for 2005-2006. Through the implementation of service learningopportunities, Rice-EWB is promoting and making possible a transition away from thetraditional engineering curriculum and into a new multidimensional and multidisciplinarycurriculum that educators and industry both see as the future of engineering education. Thedepartment has also recently been reaccredited by ABET, and Rice

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Ann Moison, Tufts University; Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Kelli Paul, Indiana University-Bloomington; Adam Maltese, Indiana University-Bloomington; Jungsun Kim

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

waysambassadors’ moves are supporting students to engage in reflective design.AcknowledgementsWe thank the students for their participation in this study and their teachers and families forfacilitating the students’ participation. We thank the research team members who made this studypossible. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation underGrants Nos. DRL-1657509 and DRL-1657519. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References[1] E. Iversen, “Engineering outreach on campus,” Washington, DC, USA, 2015.[2] M. U. Bers and M. Portsmore, “Teaching partnerships: Early childhood

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Torvi

courses, which they felt should be included in fireprotection engineering programs1. The International Association of Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)maintains a list of links to these and other fire protection engineering education programs on theirweb site 2. The association's web site also contains a link to its education subcommittee, which isdeveloping a web site where educators can share material from their courses with instructors atother universities.Fire protection engineering courses and programs were first offered in Canada during the 1980’s,and the first complete fire protection engineering graduate program was offered at the Universityof British Columbia (UBC) in September 1994. Currently, there are four universities in Canadaoffering

Conference Session

Engineering Practice for a Moral World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Moriarty, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

different company working on part of a new device. Each group can discussthe Virtue Ethics of individual engineers. Then representatives from each group can form a teamof professionals who will dialog about the Conceptual Ethics of the companies involved. Thenthe entire class can join a conversation of the social world within which the engineered productcan be assessed from the point of view of Material Ethics.IntroductionOn one hand, engineers have an affinity for mathematics. A control systems engineer, forexample, is constantly manipulating matrices of numbers in various sorts of vector/matrixequations. On the other hand, although the need for engineers to engage with some kind ofengineering ethics is growing in the contemporary era, engineers

Conference Session

Engineering Identity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Charles Major, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

in Engineering Education, August 2017, at Purdue University under the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Within his graduate work, Justin plans to explore low socioeconomic high school students’ mathematics experiences and the affect they have on their choice of pursuing post-secondary engineering education.Dr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faik Karatas, Purdue University; Amy Micklos, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

potential for impact on engineeringeducation as the views of the nature of science investigations have had on the field of scienceeducation. The overall goal of this study was to investigate 6th-grade students’ perceptions of thenature of engineering (NOE), and to understand the experiences that have shaped students’perceptions of the field of engineering. The results of twenty 6th grade students’ drawings of anengineer or engineers at work with associated interviews related students’ own drawings fromtwo mid-west middle schools are presented. Results indicated many students held common mis-and naïve conceptions about engineering, engineers, and what engineers do; specifically thatengineers drive trains, fix cars, build houses, and work

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

seen in the entire student population.Women often go into engineering because they are “good at math and science” but are not always awareof what engineering really is. With the historical method of keeping engineering out of the freshman yearand keeping the material theoretical rather than hands-on and relevant, it is only out of “ignorance andtenacity” that they make it through even the most prestigious of engineering programs [5].Thus, freshman programs serve an important role in the education of women engineers. They introducestudents to what engineering is. In short, they give students a “taste” of what life as an engineer might belike. The freshman programs do not replace the disciplined approaches that students will learn in

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Alexander, IAESTE United States; Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

International

AC 2008-1092: INTERNATIONALIZING OUR ENGINEERS: SHORT-TERMEXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMS ABROAD FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSLauren Alexander, IAESTE United States Affiliated with IAESTE United States since 2002, Lauren Alexander develops and assesses overseas short-term experiential programs for science and engineering students. She holds a B.A. in Hispanic Studies and English Literature (Rice University), a M.A. in Intercultural Communication (University of Maryland – Baltimore County) and is a certified administrator of the Intercultural Development Inventory. Her research interests focus on industry demand for professional prerequisites in new hires and understanding how short-term programs impact skills

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Dhruv Sakalley, Drexel University; Holly Burnside, Drexel University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

the science and engineering of nanoscale materials and devices. The Lean Six Sigma Nanomanufacturing course developed here would normally accompany lectures on nanotechnology, or follow an Introduction to Nanotechnology lecture and demonstration course. Students perform experiments exploring various aspects of nanotechnology involving quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanofibers, nano-thick films, and nanostructured surfaces, as described in more detail below. This hands-on-work serves to reinforce their classroom learning about nanotechnology and gives the students experience in instrumentation and measurements used for nanotechnology.  We are aiming the course mainly at

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Lauren Aprill

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

bachelor or master’s engineering degrees started higher education ina community college. The trend is higher in some states such as California for which more than48% of graduates with science or engineering degrees started at a community college18. Page 22.493.3Conditions in two year colleges present challenges for both students and faculty. Engineeringprograms in two year colleges are typically small. These programs often have only one or twofaculty members who teach courses running the gamut of the engineering curriculum. Facultyteaching loads are high compared to other areas of higher education. Access to facilities such aslaboratories is

Collection

2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Timothy Frank; Daphne DePorres; Emily Stoneham; Joel Sloan P.E.; Vincent Bongionanni; Eric Tucker

Engineering Problem Solving: Implementing a New Foundational Engineering CourseAbstractThis study investigates how a new first semester of a new first-year engineering course affectedstudent engineering skills, feelings about engineering, and hesitations to declare an engineeringmajor. Pre- and post-course surveys and interviews were conducted with eighteen students whotook Engineering Problem Solving in the fall semester 2023. The course was designed to requiresignificant teamwork among students. The course introduced students to a variety of engineeringdisciplines through hands-on activities. Additionally, several assignments required the students toview short video interviews with practicing exemplars

Conference Session

Technology Integration in Manufacturing Curriculum

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Bapat, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Ajay Malshe, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

holds a Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics-photonics from University of Arkansas with emphasis on ‘tribology and surface characterization’. He has master’s and bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and engineering with experience in semiconductors, thin films processing and materials characterization. He has been involved with his supervisor Prof. Malshe in teaching and assisting with introductory classes on materials, manufacturing and social innovations for the last 10 years in the capacity of teaching assistant, co-instructor and instructor. He is currently associated with the RISE lab, with research focusing on the convergent manufacturing and advancement of manufacturing into a diverse set of nontraditional and

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Software Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Massood Towhidnejad; Thomas Hilburn

program criteria for SE in comparison to other moretraditional programs there are some clear differences. Most of the program criteria specificallyrequire or strongly imply the need for course work in continuous mathematics, throughdifferential equations. They also refer to specific natural sciences (physics, chemistry or biology)and closely related domain knowledge (“aerospace materials”, “electronic devices”, “solid andfluid components”, etc.). On the other hand the SE program criteria make no reference tocontinuous mathematics or to natural science, but specify knowledge about discrete mathematics.Most significantly one notices the SE program criteria do not have specific reference to a domainof application. The capabilities referred to (“the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

majors. For many of the non-engineering majors, it had beenmore than a year since their last physics, engineering, or mathematics courses. As one might Page 24.620.15expect, these students struggled with in-class problem solving to a point that some did not evenknow how or where to start a problem. On the other hand, the students who were physics orchemistry majors were solving problems quickly. Every class has a dynamic and a collectivepersonality, this aspect is no different with a flipped classroom. The instructors decided to adaptthe in-class problem solving relative to the material, the students’ perceived understanding ofthat material

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Robert Green, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

data.Class instruction on learning styles has revealed a wide variety of styles among the students.These are often in stark contrast to the learning styles preferred by engineering, science, andmathematics faculty. Learning styles have already been shown to be important in howengineering students learn material.2 In addition, engineering students are typically capable ofadapting to various learning styles. Correlating learning styles to success, and specifically tosuccess in engineering, would provide useful information regarding changes that may be neededin how engineering is taught in order to attract a greater number of students who are not admitteddirectly to engineering and may lack the ability to easily adapt to different learning

Collection

2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Seung-Jin Lee, University of Washington Tacoma; Heather Dillon, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

gives students an opportunity to chat informallywith one another and the course professor. Fig. 4 Class visit to Valhalla Coffee in Tacoma, WA Fig. 5 Class visit to Dancing Goats in Tacoma, WAFor their final projects, students have a chance to perform a hands-on disassembly of a coffeemachine. In our first run, students were tasked to develop a bill of materials based on weighingand identifying individual components and materials. They were also tasked to perform adisassembly analysis whereby they suggested possible improvements in design to increase theefficiency of the disassembly and recycling process. This connection allowed students toexperience elements of the engineering research process with a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A Disney, Mission College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

themes that help to make the laboratories appealing toboth non-engineers and those students who have self-selected into engineering. Key themesinclude using material that focuses on technology familiar to the students in their everyday life,use of extensive verbal and graphical explanations, and inclusions of practical information thathelps to establish a sense of empowerment regarding technology. Eight laboratory projects arebeing created and tested in both two or four year schools. Results will be presented from workdone during the 2009-2010 academic year.IntroductionThe National Academy of Engineering has advocated that all Americans must develop a betterunderstanding of the technology upon which our modern standard of living depends

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) - ASCE Collaborations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth G. Jones, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Responsibilities Ethical X X X X ResponsibilitiesSummary of Design Spine CoursesEight courses make up the Design Spine. The course descriptions for each follow.CIVE 101 – Introduction to Civil Engineering (3 credits; no prerequisites) Introduction to engineering design process through hands-on projects supported by instruction of underlying engineering science and fundamentals, model development, and the required tools. Use of computer-aided design software to communicate engineering ideas. Dimensioning, 2- and 3-D model development, topographic mapping, and process layout with emphasis on

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Nichols; Margaret Pinnell

provide the student with the tools for making good ethical decisions; ‚ To help the student understand how their chosen field can be used to help society; ‚ To get the students excited about being an engineer. The ancillary objectives of the project were: ‚ To provide outreach to area elementary schools; ‚ To provide elementary school age children with the opportunity to interact with engineering students; ‚ To provide elementary school age children, including children from underrepresented ethnic groups, the opportunity to participate in fun, hands-on science and math activities; ‚ To get the children excited about math and science so that they might one day pursue a career in

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebil Buyurgan, Missouri State University; Kevin M. Hubbard Ph.D., Missouri State University; Martin Price Jones, Missouri State Univiversity

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Associate Professor of Technology and Construction Management at Missouri State University. He earned his B.S. degree (Physics, 1981) from University of Maryland Baltimore County, M.S. (Materials Science & Engineering, 1984) from the Johns Hopkins University, and Ph. D. (Materials Science & Engineering, 1987) from the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Jones is currently teaching at Mis- souri State University. His interests are in scanner technology, nondestructive evaluation, manufacturing processes, and quality assurance. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Incorporating Engineering Design Content in an Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractThis study presents a series of

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Shrestha, Sonoma State University; Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

technical knowledge gained in the course to their engineeringpractice [6]. Krupczack et al. reported hands-on laboratory projects developed for non-sciencemajors [7-9]. These projects were aimed to provide practical knowledge to the students, and tofoster positive attitude toward learning about science and technology. The developed projectused common materials and tools such that the students can take home the finished products.Students with non-engineering majors at our institution take general elective (GE) engineeringlaboratory courses to fulfill their GE requirements. Students often take these courses either dueto their interest in learning basic engineering concepts or experience engineering field andexplore possibilities of pursuing an

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vernon Lewis; Carol Considine

comprised of strictly civil engineering technology.This paper describes the freshmen engineering courses and outlines the projects that have beendeveloped for Civil Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University. The CivilEngineering Technology program has seen an increase in students since the implementation ofthis freshmen project based courses, and the program has seen an increase in interest fromfreshmen students.IntroductionEngineering 110 and 111 are two courses described in the catalog as a " . . . . series of projects tointroduce a variety of engineering and technology disciplines; hands-on experiences withselected engineering problems and issues; team approach to managing engineering projects;discovering the unknown, formulating

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jack Altenhof; Peter R. Frise

or piece of hardware - few devices orsystems are designed from the outset as stand-alone items. The process of integrating one’sdesign with the work of others is sometimes a difficult task and one which many young engineersfind difficult and so we felt that it was important that the product engineering design project placethis additional requirement on the students.In addition the Elements of Mechanical Design course included a significant amount of laboratorymaterial on metrology including the use of precision measurement hand tools as well ascoordinate measuring machine (CMM). This material is felt to be important to give the studentsan appreciation of tolerancing and impart an understanding of how parts with complex geometriesfit together

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hang Zhang, Beihang University; Ming Li, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

content, relatedstudies can basically reflect the progress of the Outstanding Engineers Plan at differentphases, raise key issues, and propose corresponding policy recommendations. However, theresearches on the progress of school-enterprise joint training still have limitations. Therelated researches mainly focused on the initial stage or the first implementation cycle of theOutstanding Engineers Plan, but not reviewed and sorted out from a nearly ten years longperiod, which cannot fully reflect the progress of the Outstanding Engineers Plan, especiallythe latest development in the Outstanding Engineers Plan.4. Research Methods4.1 Literature analysisThe research intends to comprehensively collect and review the literature materials aboutschool

Conference Session

IE Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Abril Vazquez, University of Texas, El Paso; Olivia C. Moreno, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

from El Paso Area Restaurants, and Design of a Solar WaterHeater Using Recycled Materials. Participating undergraduate students have expressed theirdesire to attend graduate school and continue working in sustainability related topics; others haveindicated their desire to obtain a Certificate in Sustainability Engineering. Due to themultidisciplinary nature of the class and the hands-on material covered, the students will have acompetitive advantage after graduation since they are now better prepared for the green jobsmarket.The project also outreached 30 middle/high school students through the ExciTES summerprogram. The main objectives of the ExciTES program are to 1) create awareness of the diversefields of engineering and science and 2

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Kuyath, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

innovative products, processes, and services1. The American engineeringworkforce demands special attention because of its importance in contributing to the nation’seconomy through research, design, development, and implementation of innovative products,processes, and services1. However, the engineering workforce in the U.S. has two significantproblems: the U.S. has been unable to produce a sufficient number of domestic engineers2, and ithas been unable to produce a sufficiently diverse engineering workforce3.One reason for the lack of female and other underrepresented minorities in engineering is thatthese students show little interest in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math(STEM) related careers while in high school4. If these

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Program Curriculum (starting from fall 2010):The Program’s aim is to meet the educational objectives and outcomes and to educate graduatesthat are well-rounded to enter the profession or to pursue graduate studies. This is achievedthrough a well-balanced set of courses to ensure the strength needed in basic science andengineering, basic architectural engineering, hands-on experience through laboratory andprojects, humanities and social sciences, senior level architectural engineering professionalexperience and major design experience through senior-level courses and the capstone designcourse. The courses required are versatile. Each course has a set of objectives that focuses onlearning the materials needed to ensure the level of competency

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnathon Demetrio Garcia, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Alexander John Norway, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Victoria Joyous DuPriest, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Curtis John O'Malley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the topics Mechanical Engineering encompasses, and their first taste ofwhat pursuing this degree entails for their future. It is well established that a key aspect ofengineering is the application of fundamental engineering principles through design. Engineersmust be capable of applying principles into a design, making the exposure to design imperativeto their success in the field of Mechanical Engineering. Design provides hands-on understandingof the materials learned and properly models behavior for later projects. As technology hasbecome a larger aspect in engineering, the two main critical skills required for most projects andapplications are modeling and coding. As such, the first-year students are provided instruction inSolidworks and

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Onboarding and Community Building in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsay Corneal, Grand Valley State University; Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Samhita Rhodes, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, but were not restricted to, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Computer Science.2) This population of our MSE graduates would be at a disadvantage for future employment without a supporting undergraduate engineering degree. Therefore, the GC chose undergraduate courses with rigorous theory and substantial hands-on components to underscore practical and problem-solving skills.The program plan for non-engineering STEM majors seeking an MSE degree in one of our fouremphasis areas - Biomedical Engineering (Bioelectrical: BME-EE and Biomechanical: BME-ME), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Manufacturing and Design Engineering(MDE), and Mechanical

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; Masud Hassan, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

as to be taken by them in the future years (verticalconnectivity), and the importance of brains-on hands-on approach to engineering technologyeducation.It was the high-pitched high-tech era of early eighties that prompted the faculty to take a totallyfresh look at the program. Increasingly expanding the knowledge base in all fields and theexpensive high-tech related applications on the one hand and the shrinking financial resources onthe other demanded innovative and creative ways to come up with feasible solutions if theteaching and learning process was to continue to be meaningful. The so called ‘OptimizedComputer-aided Teaching And Learning’ (O.C.T.A.L)1 concept was developed. This neededpulling down of several isolating and turf