Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Arun Majumdar

Advanced  Research  Projects  Agency ‐ Energy  (ARPA‐E)  Dr. Arun Majumdar  Director, ARPA‐E  U.S. Department of Energy  http://arpa‐e.energy.gov/SPUTNIK  MOMENT  OF OUR  GENERATION  Energy  Security Greenhouse Gas Emissions &  U.S. Technological Global Warming  Lead  1WHICH  PATH  SHOULD  WE  TAKE?  CO 2  Emissions of Selected Countries  Opportunity

Collection

2010 ERC

Authors

Arun Majumdar

Advanced  Research  Projects  Agency ‐ Energy  (ARPA‐E)  Dr. Arun Majumdar  Director, ARPA‐E  U.S. Department of Energy  http://arpa‐e.energy.gov/SPUTNIK  MOMENT  OF OUR  GENERATION  Energy  Security Greenhouse Gas Emissions &  U.S. Technological Global Warming  Lead  1WHICH  PATH  SHOULD  WE  TAKE?  CO 2  Emissions of Selected Countries  Opportunity

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerry Visser, South Dakota State University; Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2007-2637: PARTNERSHIP IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCEJerry Visser, South Dakota State University JERRY VISSER is Operations Manager of the Product Development Center at South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD, where he brings conceptual ideas to tangible products. He serves as a faculty member for the Manufacturing Engineering Technology Program. He leads the American Society for Quality as Chair of the Southeast South Dakota Sub-section.Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS KURT A ROSENTRATER is a Lead Scientist with the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, in Brookings, SD, where he is spearheading a new initiative to develop value-added uses

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

T. D. Moustakas; M. S. Unlu; M. F. Ruane; M. C. Teich; B. E. A. Saleh; B. B. Goldberg

interest, compatibility with fundamental skills, and relatively good accessibility tothe novice. Engineering is replete with other technologies that once were taught only in research-orientedseminars and are now fundamental knowledge. Just as transistors gradually replaced tubes in the curricula,photonics is ready to enter the curriculum, from core courses to design projects. To respond to the need andthe challenge in photonics education a new combined research-curriculum development (CRCD) programat Boston University – Photonics Research in Interdisciplinary Education (PRIDE) – has been initiated. .II. Objectives and Scope of PRIDE at Boston UniversityThe general objective of the PRIDE program is to

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas E. Doyle P.Eng., McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

costs to a fraction of catalog prices. New faculty wouldparticularly benefit from collaborations, pivotal for success. In addition, introducingundergraduates to research early will put them on track quickly; they will have ideas of theirown, which may further enhance laboratory work and capabilities. Most colleagues are ready tohelp in various ways, which benefits the developer and may also help build long-lasting relationsof collegiality and friendship. The lab development efforts discussed in this article demonstratethat modest initial funds can be sufficient for the development of a viable and vibrantundergraduate research lab, productive in teaching, research, and publications. This articleprovides an example of lab development at a public

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Joseph Holles; Lawrence Schmidt

large each effect was.[36] The goal of this paper is to describe a graduate course in Pre- and post-course feedback from the students was ob-RDM taught in a specific discipline, without necessarily being tained to develop the initial course and refine future offeringsdiscipline-specific. This course is designed to provide the in- of the course. Feedback was also obtained from the facultydepth RDM knowledge that the NAS and NSF encourage for who volunteered to participate in the final project to determinegraduate students and that faculty acknowledge they cannot if they found the process effective.provide. The course herein was co-taught by a librarian and afaculty member with an active research program

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Justine Stiles; Ashly Middelberg; Farhad Reza; Subhi Bazlamit

contracts. The contracts do not provide more credit hours for a course, but rather agreementon the part of the student to complete work in greater depth. The student initiates contractproposals with guidance from the instructor, and the honors program committee places a copy ofthe final contract on file for review. The course instructor certifies completion of the contract atthe time of reporting final grades.Research projects are an excellent means of satisfying the objectives of the honors program.This is corroborated by student assessment and evaluation at the end of the contract course. Anexample of such a project is described in this paper. The first two authors supervised twostudents in a research project at Ohio Northern University during

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kauser Jahan; Shreekanth Mandayam; Douglas Cleary

teams to engagein semester-long design and development projects. These projects are typically funded by localindustry, faculty research grants or departmental budgets. The clinic projects are crucial indeveloping the design, problem solving and project management skills that are often absent inthe traditional engineering coursework. They further reinforce communication skills both oraland written. This paper focuses on the details of successful multidisciplinary research on non-destructive evaluation using engineering undergraduates.IntroductionRowan University is a regional state university committed to teaching and community service.The enrolment is approximately 9,000 students. The College of Engineering at RowanUniversity was initiated in

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mathew Hyre; James Squire

Session: 1725 Running an Under gr aduate Resear ch Confer ence J ames C. Squir e, Matthew R. Hyr e Vir ginia Militar y InstituteAbstr actIndependent research and design is a critical component of engineering education, yetundergraduates often have few opportunities to showcase their work. It can also be difficult toconvey their experiences succinctly on a resume unless they publish or present their design. Inorder to provide a forum to communicate and celebrate undergraduate student achievement,many universities have created undergraduate research conferences. The

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

ona surface tension-driven flow in a wedge under conditions of microgravity; see Figure 1.This experimental concept was suggested to the project advisors by Dr. Ewan Alexander ofthe then National Center for Microgravity Research (NCMR) during a visit to NASA GlennResearch Center. Our initial involvement in RGSFOP was stimulated on two fronts: first, thefirst author heard two papers3,4 about the RGSFOP while attending the AIAA 39th AerospaceSciences Meeting in January 2001 to present a research paper on Doppler velocimetry5. Bothof these papers made it clear that the RGSFOP was an exceptional educational experience.There were several unsolicited testimonials from young aerospace engineers in the audienceas to this fact. Second, the first

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schuster, California Polytechnic State University; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

appropriatetopic and develop a stable undergraduate research group that builds and maintains knowledgeover time. Such a research group requires tasks encompassing many skill levels, a steadyfunding source, and an orderly progression of short-term goals for each student. Web basedcommunication and archiving tools can be used to share and pass on data, references andinformation. Selecting the research topic, obtaining funding, and initially training andorganizing the student team are the major start-up tasks. The benefits for the students and thefaculty member are worth these efforts.IntroductionThe role of research at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) is complex. Two decadesago, research was shunned by faculty at these institutions, who viewed

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans; Ronald Welch

last five years as we experimented with types and levels of research projects thatundergraduate students could handle, how to properly manage undergraduate research, and whatshould be the program and student outcomes associated with the course.Possible research projects are presented to the students early in the fall semester of their senioryear. Project assignments are made by mid-semester so that initial coordination and somepreparatory work can commence prior to the spring semester. With 45 to 60 CE majorsgraduating each year, it is easy to understand that one faculty member cannot advise the required15-20 projects each spring. So many, if not all, of the CE program’s 17 faculty must be part ofthis senior project program from the onset and

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kathryn Purchase, U.S. Military Academy; Marc J. Sanborn, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

research.Based on the information learned during the literature review process, the authors established aset of educational research criteria that was used to evaluate each of the CE Division conferencepapers. All three investigators initially met to discuss and define the criteria. The lead authorpresented examples of published research that exhibited both the preferred criteria and sub-standard research. The second and third authors reviewed a small subset of conference papersand the lead author performed a secondary review. The investigators then discussed the reviewresults and adjusted the criteria as needed. Page 22.1260.8All conference papers

Collection

2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Jorge Almodovar; Aubrey Schultz; Natacha S. Melgar; S. Ranil Wickramasinghe

initiative to learn and a much better understanding of these principles,which the students will be able to apply to a wide variety of future writing tasks. In fact, thisinitiative, particularly among the REM students, was one of the most resounding outcomes of theprogram.SummaryAn REM program was designed to address the need to increase the access of underrepresentedminority community college students to meaningful STEM research opportunities. The structureof the program to pair the REM minority community college students with the REU students fromother institutions like the University of Arkansas, created a community environment that provided © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

Paper ID #31970Applied Research in Undergraduate Capstone ClassesProf. Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University Professor Echempati is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, (Flint, Mich.). He is a member of ASME, ASEE, and SAE. He has won several academic and technical awards. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Applied Research in Undergraduate Capstone ClassesAbstractThe objective of this paper is to discuss the different aspects of applied research carried in typicalmechanical engineering undergraduate capstone

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Dariush H. Zadeh; Shohreh Moini

initiate research for courses at community college level. For furtherclarification, two subjects are discussed which were researched and published with the helpof SUNY Erie college (ECC) – Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students. First subject was the “Failure in Engineering of the Crashed Flight 3407 Aircraft,”which was later published in the Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Automation(JMEA) in June 2016 [6]. The article discusses the engineering issues of the Flight 3407airplane and its crash in Clarence, NY on Feb 12, 2009, reviewing the low power-to-weightratio of the airplane and its inadequacy with respect to the de-icing system of wings in badweather conditions. The article also discusses the inherently flawed propeller

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christine Alvarado, University of California, San Diego; Joe Hummel, University of Illinois at Chicago; Diba Mirza, University of California, Santa Barbara; Renata A. Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

variations here in thethree expansion schools who have been running the program for 1-3 years. U. of California, Santa Barbara: ERSP is currently in its third year at UCSB. The program has preserved all of the main elements of the original model. Compared to the program at UCSD, ERSP at UCSB started on a small scale which helped create an intimate community of mentors and students. Key outcomes include that the program has had no attrition so far, and more than 50% of the students continued research beyond ERSP. Building on ERSP's initial success, we are on track for a significant expansion of the program in the coming academic year. A few minor variations in UCSB's implementation are: (1) Using a shared messaging platform for communication among

Collection

2014 ERC

Authors

Mary Galvin

Division of Material Research (DMR) Mary Galvin, Division Director From Project Summary of FY 13 Awards Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Office of the Assistant Director F. Fleming Crim, Assistant Director Celeste Rohlfing , Deputy Assistant DirectorOffice of Multidisciplinary Activities Clark Cooper Materials Astronomy Research Physics (PHY) (AST) (DMR) Denise Caldwell Jim Ulvestad Mary Galvin

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, Bangor High School

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

interacts with the mentor and finalizes aparticular research topic. The student initially begins a literature search relating to the project sothat the student is able to ascertain the state of art relative to the research. The student thenbegins preliminary research under guidance of the mentor. The actual preliminary research mayoccur at the research facility or the high school. Based on availability of funds from theuniversity mentor or the industry, students participating in AR-I may receive a stipend, which isa key component to engaging lower income students who may otherwise need to seek paidemployment in the summer. At the end of AR-I the student would have completed thebackground associated with the research and would be able to start an in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aranggan Venkataratnam; Ashok Goel

Session 1332 Undergraduate Research in Nanotechnology Circuit Design Ashok Goel, Constance Rimatzki, Dean Gores and Aranggan Venkataratnam Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI 49931 AbstractUndergraduate research in the area of nanotechnology circuit design is described. Twoundergraduate students worked with electrical engineering graduate students and afaculty member on projects related to designing nanoscale logic gates and circuits usingsingle electron transistors

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Roth; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

available.Faculty explanations for their ratings of the research experiences for projects rated “very good”included comments that the students were hardworking, reliable, independent, motivated, andvery capable of completing the tasks required. The faculty also noted that these experiencestypically were associated with products. For projects rated as “good”, the positive commentswere similar to those for those rated “very good” but negative comments could be divided intothose associated with the students (student not dependable, lacked independence) and commentsassociated with the project (project scope not fully developed, project too difficult). For projectsrated as “fair” or worse, faculty comments associated with the students included lacked initiative

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

engineering to around 20%-40% for civil and environmental engineeringmajors, depending on academic year and available projects. This paper will discuss variousundergraduate research initiatives in engineering, lessons learned, and future directions as a PUI. IntroductionMany universities such as WTAMU function as primarily undergraduate institutions which have farmore undergraduate engineering students (currently 473 in Spring 2024) versus graduate levelstudents (36, mostly non-thesis master’s level and no doctoral students). These institutions have astrong focus on teaching but there are still requirements for service and research. Research can bedone with undergraduate students but it takes a lot of

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Appropriate Technology1. Abstract In this paper we describe the initiative to sponsor graduate level research and education inthe field known as “Appropriate Technology” at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez(UPRM). These efforts are sponsored by the project “Graduate Research and Education forAppropriate Technology: Inspiring Direct Engagement and Agency (GREAT IDEA)”, which isfunded by NSF. We first provide a brief background on the concept of Appropriate Technology,including our interpretation. We then describe specific thesis research projects and courseworkthat are sponsored by our project. Finally, we outline new ramifications of AppropriateTechnology in Research Ethics, and describe how we address these in courses that we

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Matthias F. Stallmann, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

andsubmitting research proposals to different funding agencies or entities. Once you have decidedon the kind of research you will pursue, recruiting students is the next critical step.Experienced researchers know that the students who perform best in class are not necessarily thesame ones who will excel at research. Initiative counts for more in research, as does the abilityto address problems that are not well formed. At the beginning of their career, graduate studentsare knowledge consumers, with a need to learn what is the state of the art in their discipline.Later they become knowledge generators, contributing results to their research group and thecommunity at large. Successful graduate students walk a healthy balance between working withtheir

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

strengths and areas for improvement, and ensurethat the student understands how they fell short of the initial expectations.In other cases, it is not possible to terminate a student (either firing or zero class credit); forinstance, students may be on campus for a specific summer research experience funded bysomeone other than the mentor. In this case, it is recommended that the mentor conduct the threeweek interview as if the student was being terminated and then try to minimize furtherinteractions with a poorly performing student. Obviously, this can be difficult – particularly insituations where students continue to be compensated – but is important for mentors who do notwant to waste resources on students who are unprepared, uninterested, or

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8172Undergraduate Research Projects using Microfluidic DevicesDr. Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.) Dr. Ciobanescu Husanu is Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Drexel Uni- versity. She received her PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and also a MS degree in aeronautical engineering. Her research interest is in thermo-fluid sciences with applications in micro-combustion, fuel cells, green fuels and plasma assisted combustion. Dr. Husanu has prior industrial experience in aerospace engineering that encompasses both theoretical analysis and

Collection

2016 ERC

Authors

Matt Hourihan

DOD Development Veterans Affairs National Institutes of Health Homeland Security NOAA Environ Protection Agency NASA DOD S&T TOTAL Defense Nondefense Basic Research -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of ScienceBased on AAAS analyses of OMB, OSTP and agency budget data. © AAAS

Conference Session

Projects & Laboratories in Mechanical ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Pippin, Frostburg State University; Julie Wang, Frostburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-1645: RESEARCH AND DESIGN ON WIND TURBINESJoshua Pippin, Frostburg State University Joshua Pippin is an honor student at Frostburg State University. He is a Mechanical Engineering student in the Collaborative Engineering Program with the University of Maryland at College Park.Julie Wang, Frostburg State University Julie Wang is an Assistant Professor of Department of Physics/Engineering at Frostburg State Univeresity, Frostburg, MD 21532 Page 13.1036.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Research and Design on Wind Turbines

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Manuel Toledo-Quinones

Session 2793 ECE Undergraduate Research for Tren Urbano Manuel Toledo-Quiñones Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681-5000IntroductionPractical problem solving in correlation with a solid theoretical foundation and a broadbackground play an increasingly important role in engineering education1,2. This article presentsa non-traditional undergraduate research and education model in which electrical and computerengineering students

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 4 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia F Williams, North Carolina A&T State University; Tonya Lynette Smith-Jackson, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

the inherent nature of computational modeling.1.0 importance of undergraduate research for diverse students:Table 1 presents data from American Society of Engineering Education’s annual reporton engineering education data for 2018 from U.S. institutions. Tables 1(a) - (d) presentthe 10-year trend of B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. graduates, and tenured and tenured faculty.There have been several initiatives, both sponsored and unsponsored, that have had thegoal of addressing diversity and inclusion in various facets of engineering education.The data in these tables for the two largest underrepresented groups: African-Americansand Hispanics is revealing. As a percentage, the range of degrees awarded inengineering at the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels has