Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward J. Berger, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

platform. We felt that Java allowed for a more efficient means to program thealgorithms necessary for the Genome. While there are many methods that the web service Page 23.753.9application programming interface (API, i.e., the way in which other applications can interactwith the web service) provides, the primary ones are the methods that deal with the searching F IGURE 3. The search page for the Genome; only the top part of this page is shown here.routines. Like most web services, it is not called directly by the user, but via various web pagesfrom the front-end.The front-end is written in PHP, and uses the CakePHP framework 11 . Javascript

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

FYI Team Members; Adrian Cloete

Technology program, these courses were Math, Psychology, Digital Electronics, and ½ Computer Applications, as well as the Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving course. ¨Together with program advisors and associate deans, Faculty Teams monitor attendance and achievement of students each weekHere is the Course Description for the Critical Thinking & Problem-Solving Course:“Appropriate knowledge, skills and attitude are three essential ingredients in an equation for academicsuccess and personal development. This first-term course equips students with a foundation foracademic success at DeVry Institute of Technology by focusing on critical thinking and problem-solving strategies, as well as study skills and personal

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

the effectiveness of the videos inteaching abstract engineering concepts for online teaching. This activity was several yearsbefore CTU initiated its 2015 strategic plan to provide delivery of engineering courses online in2016.Professor Santiago investigated techniques to develop multimedia e-books consisting of videosand other media. The multimedia recordings included using engineering tools and interactiveteaching platforms like Matlab/ Simulink, Labview/Multisim, PhET and Algodoo. The authorexplored numerous internet marketing technologies that appear applicable for developingeducational content and suitable for online delivery. The research efforts led to uploading ofYouTube videos to test and assess its effectiveness. In addition, the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3- Multi- and Inter-disciplinary, Collaboration, and Engagement in Practice

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rossi, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

the University of California. It’s goal was to create aresource for faculty to help them respond when a student may be in crisis [4]. While the contentswill vary from school to school, the folder typically contains some contact information as well assome information as to who to contact depending on the scenario.2.2. Other Apps in This SpaceApps in this space include “YOU at College”, “B Well UAB”, and “Unmasked” [5]. “YOU atCollege” is a web application customized to the purchasing school. This web app helps studentsdo self-checks, set goals, read articles from an extensive knowledge base, and learn aboutcampus resources [6]. This app’s shortcoming though is the fact that it is web based and relieson a student remembering a web URL which is

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Ramin Sadeghi, Power & Water University of Technology; Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford; Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. He has developed a Web-based distance learning software program – Director for Distance Learning Center of PWUT.Jonathan Hill, University of Hartford Dr. Jonathan Hill is an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) at the University of Hartford. PhD and MS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and BS from Northeastern University. Previously an applications engineer with the Networks and Communications division of Digital Corporation. His interests involve embedded microprocessor based systems.Akram Abu-aisheh, University of Hartford Akram Abu-aisheh is an assistant professor in the Department of

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogical Techniques I: Online, Electronic, and Apps!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Staehle, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Applications in Engineering Education, 4(3): 191-205.21. Ang, S. and R.D. Braatz (2002). Experimental projects for the process control laboratory. Chemical Engineering Education, 36(3): 182-187.22. Pérez-Herranz, V., A.I. Muñoz, J.L. Guiñon, J. Garcia-Antón, S.C. Navarrete (2003). An Internet-based Process Control Laboratory Project. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education, 21-25.23. Selmer, A., M. Goodson, M. Kraft, S. Sen, V.F. McNeill, B.S. Johnston, C.K. Colton (2005). Performing Process Control Experiments Across the Atlantic. Chemical Engineering Education 39(3): 232-237.24. Gossage, J.L., C.L. Yaws, D.H. Chen, K. Li, T.C. Ho, J. Hopper, D.L. Cocke (2001). Integrating best practice

Conference Session

Topics in Computing and Information Technology-I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Daniel Josey, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Software Industry. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Software Security, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Dr. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals” and ”Case Studies in Software Verification & Val- idation”. He is a member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member of ASEE and ACM. Dr. Acharya was the Principal Investigator of the 2007 HP grant for Higher Education at RMU through which he incorporated tablet PC based

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Subrata Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University

for example), the changes in the systemschematic and governing equations (mass, energy and entropy balance equations) are displayed.Finally the working fluid is chosen and a customized Java application, called a daemon, aware ofmaterial properties and governing equations for this particular problem is launched. (Takes about10-60 seconds over the Internet and less than 2 seconds when locally installed). Like Maxwell's demon, this custom calculator is a thermodynamic wizard that takes careof the menial task of a solution. The core of every daemon is its robust state calculator, whichbundles an extended state (p, T, u, h, e, s etc.) into a single graphical interface called a State. Auser enters any known state variables in any preferred

Collection

2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

equipment or resources (e.g., internet connection or laptops) will incur extracharges. If you do not have additional requests, please indicate with “Not applicable.”Standards addressed (did not see where this was explicitly asked for) ITEEA’s Technological Literacy Standards: • Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design • Standard 9: Students will develop an understanding of engineering design • Standard 10: Students will develop and understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving. (NGSS) National Generation Science Standards Engineering Design

Conference Session

Innovative Ideas for Energy Labs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Johnson; Donatus Cobbinah; Ahmed Rubaai

on a host computer. Several educational programs [8-12] offer such laboratory-basedcourses, both traditional and online. A comparison of educational outcomes between in–personand remotely operated laboratories is presented in [13]. The lack of physical contact in theremotely operated laboratories with the experimental apparatus by the student may lead to a lackof experience with even simple tasks, such as connecting patch cables, and being versatile withconnecting hardware components. Another article [14] promotes the control-systems laboratoryat the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. An appealing quality of this facility is that itis shared among several departments.Undergraduate control-systems laboratory at Howard University had

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Okechukwu C Ugweje, Sacred Heart University; Kevin N. Bowlyn, Sacred Heart University

applicable communication,reasoning, and reflection skills. These skills enhance students' abilities and help them engagewith other aspects of the engineering program, such as group work and work placements.This is followed by teaching the students the concept of engineering ethics, which encompassesthe specific application of ethics in engineering. Engineering ethics often involves choices on anorganizational rather than a personal level. We want our students to be aware of engineeringethics as the body of philosophy indicates how engineers should conduct themselvesprofessionally.Our presentation of engineering ethics involved a review of the Code of Ethics for Engineersusing the fundamental canon of the NSPE [3]. Engineers, in the fulfillment of

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard R. Schultz

provided by the corresponding 1-Dfilter applied to a speech signal. Once a systems concept has been made intuitively clear,understanding the mathematical definitions and explanations should become easier for thestudents. A set of laboratory exercises have been developed for a course in digital imageprocessing which will aid in teaching systems-related concepts such as spatial convolution,space-frequency duality, image compression, spatial and contrast enhancement, signaldegradation due to noise, and image restoration. All laboratory exercises were originallyimplemented using the C programming language on a UNIX computer system. Studentsin a digital image processing course taught by the author during the fall semester of 1996were provided with

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanshan Li, Purdue University; Yang Chen, Purdue University; David M. Whittinghill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

might influence students’ motivation toward learning of asecond language. To address this gap in the literature, we used a combination of conveniencesampling and criterion sampling to select five Chinese college students to evaluate an Englishvocabulary learning application built upon augmented reality technology. To assess studentmotivation, the ARCS motivational model was adopted. A semi-structured interview with open-ended questions was used to collect data. Participants indicated that though they were attractedby this tool at the beginning, their motivation level decreased toward the end of the study session.An interpretation of our observations in the context of the ARCS model suggests threemotivational issues. First, predefined AR

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Albishi; Peter Cavanaugh

innovative in the classroom. Employing a quantitative correlational design, the study aims B. Backgroundto assess the relationships between the identified variableswithout presupposing specific outcomes. This approach ensures Saudi Arabia, with its rich cultural heritage, is strategicallyobjectivity and provides a data-driven basis for understanding investing in various educational programs and initiatives as partthe role of online professional development in equipping of Vision 2030. This comprehensive national initiativeteachers with the skills and leadership capacities necessary prioritizes the transformation of the education sector to fosterfor

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Ayre; Julie Mills

] has shown that these various interpretations of the inclusive curriculum represent thedevelopmental stages which typically occur in universities committed to improving therepresentation of women in their science programs, though not all institutions achieve the mostadvanced stage. The present authors recognise Rosser’s six stages as being equally applicable inan engineering context and to all ‘non-traditional’ students. In a previous work [16] we haveparaphrased and summarised her discussion and formulated it into tabular form for ease ofreference. We reproduce this in Table 1 below.Although research in this field has collated these various understandings of inclusive curriculainto a consistent framework, the authors have found that their

Collection

2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

Rustin Webster; Matthew Turner; Brittany Newell

Engineering Technology Gateway Experience Starting in the Fall of 2016 all incoming School of Engineering Technology (SoET) studentsat Purdue Polytechnic New Albany (PPNA) were required to take a new freshman gatewayexperience consisting of a component titled Engineering Technology Foundations (ENGT18000)and a component titled Engineering Technology Applications (ENGT18100), see Table 1. Thetwo components were listed independently in the course catalog and had different instructors ofrecord, who specialized in different engineering fields (electrical and mechanical). In general, thepurpose of the new experience was to introduce SoET students to the resources and skills neededto define and solve technical problems, which would help them be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin G. Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University; Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

’ professional engineering identity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Reshaping Engineering Classroom Norms to Expand the ProfessionOverview of GrantThe National Science Foundation (NSF) funded this project (#1640328) under the Division ofEngineering Education and Centers (EEC) program: Research Initiation in EngineeringFormation (RIEF). The intent of this program is to initiate research projects on any topic thatexplores engineering formation from an interdisciplinary perspective [1]. In addition, NSFawards RIEF grants to engineering faculty who have not received prior funding in EEC toexpand the community of engineering faculty conducting research in this area [1].The two-year project began

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mihaela Radu, State University of New York, Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

specifically for such purposes, but, as in Twitter’s case, theywere aware that the real-time connecting of people and information was a breakthrough in theway people would share and receive information. Numerous other engineered innovations (e.g.,electrical grids, the telephone, the automobile, the Internet, human genome sequencing, etc.)have had tremendous societal implications that engineers in one way or another addressed intheir work [13].One way to integrate societal needs and challenges into the engineering curriculum is throughresearch projects. At Farmingdale State College, faculty members are strongly encouraged toinclude undergraduate students in their research projects and strong institutional support isavailable through grants, mentorship

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cairns; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Session 2665 Experiences from the Tulsa Mathematics Equity Academy Donna S. Farrior, Shirley B. Pomeranz, Thomas W. Cairns The University of TulsaIntroductionThe Tulsa Mathematics Equity Academy (TMEA) has been held at The University of Tulsa forthe past 7 summers. The TMEA started as an outgrowth of our popular Sonia Kovalevsky HighSchool Mathematics Days. Over the past seven summers the directors of the program have triedseveral formats and different content. This paper will summarize our experience with a viewtoward offering tips on how to start a residential summer academy. The

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Andrew Walter; Bethany Dickie

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

and can beused over the Internet. This allows students to electronically tune a process heater without fear ofcausing an incident or impairing production, which would be concerns for inexperiencedstudents attempting to tune an actual operating heater. In order to provide an additional learningtool, a small-scale physical process heater simulator was envisioned. Page 24.287.3      (a) (b) Figure 1. Vertical cylindrical process heater: (a) photograph and (b) drawing.The capstone

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abi Aghayere

these surveys are administered to the students toward the end of the term.Moreover, the instructor is not likely to easily and quickly identify students who may bestruggling in the course until the student fails an exam, by which time it may be too late. This isan obvious drawback of the summative evaluation approach.The author is not aware of any ET program that uses ongoing assessment of topic-specificintended learning outcomes to obtain immediate student feedback that can benefit currentstudents.1 This may be due partly to the amount of resources and time required to carry out thesesurveys and analyze the data obtained. The author has previously used this continuous andongoing assessment technique to compare student learning in a face-to

Conference Session

Teaching Entrepreneurship to Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacquelyn Sullivan; Lawrence Carlson

Session 1354 Exploring Entrepreneurship through Product Development: A Hands-on Approach Lawrence E. Carlson, Jacquelyn F. Sullivan Co-Directors Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program College of Engineering and Applied Science University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractEngineering students of all disciplines typically engage in at least one open-ended designexperience during their undergraduate careers. Through hands-on design and build projects, theylearn

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University; John Aaron Louis Grimes, Mississippi State University; Amy K. Barton, Mississippi State University; Shelly Sanders, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

Paper ID #40462Resources and Exercises for STEM Educators and Students Navigating the”Misinformation Age”Ms. Alexis P. Nordin, Mississippi State University Alexis is currently an instructor in the Shackouls Technical Communication Program in Mississippi State University’s James Worth Bagley College of Engineering. She has taught technical writing and various other writing- and communication-based courses at MSU since 2004. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Mississippi State University and Louisiana State University and is certified as a Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).Mr

Conference Session

Mobile and Emerging Technologies in Construction

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pavan Meadati, Southern Polytechnic State University; Parminder Juneja, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Paper ID #11759Learning Environment Using Smart PhonesDr. Pavan Meadati, Southern Polytechnic State University Pavan Meadati, Ph.D., LEED AP, is an associate professor in Construction Management Department. He received Doctorate in Engineering from University of Nebraska –Lincoln. He is a recipient of Con- struction Excellence in Teaching Award for Region II in 2013 presented by the Associated Schools of Construction. Dr. Meadati serves as a Graduate Program Coordinator and played vital role in obtain- ing the initial accreditation for Construction Management Masters’ Program. He received outstanding dissertation

Conference Session

Novel Student Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob James Elmer, Villanova University; Noelle K. Comolli, Villanova University; William J. Kelly, Villanova University; Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

broadband internet provided on-demand video capability to studentsin the late 1990’s, instructors have been experimenting with the use of online lessons and videosto enhance student learning both inside and outside of the classroom (e.g. flipped classrooms1and distance learning2). Online videos and animations have been shown to be especiallyeffective for teaching molecular biology concepts3,4, which are often too small to see with thenaked eye and difficult to conceptualize.5 Several organizations have already created full lengthonline videos for biology topics that are available free of charge, including the BioVisions seriesfrom Harvard6, Khan Academy7, Open Courseware at MIT8, TED5, and several others9,10. Thesevideos allow students to learn and

Conference Session

ME Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazeel Khan, Miami University; Kumar Vikram Singh, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

they advance through the MME curriculum. This attribute ofthe studios preserves continuity in content and operation within reasonably familiar environment. The online learning modules within each ComEx studio have a synergistic experimentaland computational architecture. Each module highlights experimental processes in four subjectareas by adopting various multimedia techniques and engages students in an investigation of theemerging data through the application of simulation techniques involving various mathematicalpackages. Diverse assessment instruments designed to enable continuous improvement of the Page 24.471.3material were deployed

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanics Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

R.W. Carpick; K.W. Lux; Buck Johnson; Wendy Crone

lecture. Provide a brief description of what the technique can measure, how it works, and why it is a useful tool (e.g. important scientific insights gained, or applications that can be addressed). Week #8. In class we have talked about how tension and bending at the micro- and nanoscales is used to characterize materials, guard against or prevent damage to a device, and create a device. Page 8.34.4 Use the internet or the library to find an application of torsion to micro- and nano-scale devices. “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University; Kyle Temkin, BInghamton University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

% 82%I learned a lot. 86% 72 %Laboratory assignments improved learning. 68% 72 %Homework assignments helped. 94% 63 %The exams helped. 94% 72%WileyPlus helped.* 86% -The textbook helped. 84% 90 %The course is comparable to on-campus course 72% 90%* WileyPlus is an online homework application provided by Wiley. It is designed to supplement their

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caye M Drapcho, Clemson University; Lib Crockett, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 23.969.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 BT-ATE Pipeline for Progress: A Multi-Level Educational Plan for an Emerging IndustryAbstract: A dynamic and innovative Biosystems Technology (BT) curriculum was developed atthe secondary, technical college and university levels. The curriculum includes core concepts inlife science, engineering, technology and mathematics focused on applications in biologicalsystems that transition student learning and depth of understanding from one level to the next.The program was successful in educating students with increased STEM knowledge, with anemphasis on engineering content, to prepare them for the technical workforce in

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students. In addition, the program includes an SAT prep session in Math and Verbal, as well as workshops on the college application, the college essay, and the college interview. Afternoon and evening trips are offered Monday through Friday to communityCommunity centers, afterschool programs, soup kitchens and shelters; namely, LaSalleOutreach of 1983 Academy, North Light Community Center, Northern Home for Children, Sts.Villanova Agatha & James Soup Kitchen (UCHC site), St. Barnabas Mission, and St. Francis Inn. In this week long program open to Philadelphia High School