Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Midkiff

. Page 6.186.5Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Education Table 2. Proposed Set of Core Courses Preparation “Fundamentals of Computer Systems” Networking “Computer Networks” Networking Elective Integrative “Business and Economics of Advanced Networking” “Simulation and Optimization” Writing Writing CourseVI. ConclusionsThe IREAN program is an experiment in graduate education that will attempt to producegraduates who have a broader understanding

Conference Session

Accreditation and Outcomes-based Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy; Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-5416: ”WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT”: ACHIEVING ANINSTITUTIONAL CULTURE OF ASSESSMENTDr. Sandra A. Yost, University of Detroit Mercy Sandra A. Yost is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy, where she is active in institutional and engineering program assessment. She teaches in the areas of design, E.E. fundamentals, linear systems theory, mechatronics, control systems, and signal processing. She is currently serving on the ASEE Board of Directors as the Vice President for External Relations.Dr. Laurie A. Britt-Smith, University of Detroit Mercy Laurie Britt-Smith is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at UDM. She is the Director of the writing

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

of databases The perspective changes according to the user Very large database environments: Data marts, warehouses, miningProjects:Various ideas for projects have been tried. The least effective have been writing a paperon something that the instructor says. It is just another boring paper to write. Moreinteresting projects are hands-on. These projects have to do with grouping studentstogether to investigate a technological aspect of their major.Another type of project has been where students were split up into different groups andthey have to debate a subject where they need to learn about some technology. Studentsin different sections have also been brought together so that they can interact with eachother on a

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Anthony Manno; Kamal Shahrabi

of databases The perspective changes according to the user Very large database environments: Data marts, warehouses, miningProjects:Various ideas for projects have been tried. The least effective have been writing a paperon something that the instructor says. It is just another boring paper to write. Moreinteresting projects are hands-on. These projects have to do with grouping studentstogether to investigate a technological aspect of their major.Another type of project has been where students were split up into different groups andthey have to debate a subject where they need to learn about some technology. Studentsin different sections have also been brought together so that they can interact with eachother on a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Nickolas S. Jovanovic

Education, 1997.8. Stephen R. Cheshier, Studying Engineering Technology: A blueprint for success, Discovery Press, Los Angeles, 1998.9. Raymond B. Landis, Studying Engineering: A road map to a rewarding career, Discovery Press, Los Angeles, 1995.10. David Beer and David McMurrey, A Guide to Writing as an Engineer, Wiley, New York, 1997.11. Gary R. Bertoline, Eric N. Wiebe, and Craig L. Miller, Fundamentals of Graphics Communication, 2nd edition, WCB McGraw-Hill, Boston, 1998.NICKOLAS S. JOVANOVICDr. Jovanovic received the B.S.M.E. degree from Northwestern University, the M.S.M.E. degree from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, and M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering and Applied Science from YaleUniversity. He is an Assistant

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Havener

Force problems, both well and ill- defined. 6. Know and practice their ethical, professional, and community responsibilities as embodied in the United States Air Force Core Values.We also have six statements that define our program educational outcomes.Upon graduation, cadets will have demonstrated that they can: 1. Use fundamental knowledge to solve aeronautical engineering problems commensurate with a Bachelor of Science degree. 2. Plan and execute experimental investigations, and interpret and analyze data from such investigations to formulate sound conclusions. 3. Develop and evaluate an engineering design that meets customer needs. 4. Use oral and writing skills to

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn L. Dull; A. George Havener

Session 1253 AN INFORMATION RESOURCE WEB-PAGE FOR A FRESHMAN PROBLEM BASED LEARNING ENGINEERING COURSE A. George Havener and Carolyn L. Dull USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, CO 80840 INTRODUCTIONAn information resource web-page has been constructed to support an experimentalfreshman engineering course at the USAF Academy (USAFA)1,2. The intent of thecourse is to use Problem Based Learning (PBL)3 to begin developing problem solvingskills while concurrently introducing engineering fundamentals to cadets. The coursedoes not have a textbook or a syllabus. Instead, the cadets

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan D. George

important techniques that are often used are specialized arithmetic hardware for high-speedcalculations, multiple buses for parallel memory access, and internal pipelining for parallel execution of instructions. Perhaps the most fundamental characteristic of DSPs is their incorporation and integration of high-performance hardwaremultipliers and adders. Most devices are capable of performing a multiply-accumulate (i.e. a simultaneous multiply and addition) ina single instruction cycle, often concurrently with other operations such as instruction and data fetch. DSPs can be categorized bythe method used for arithmetic storage and manipulation, either fixed-point or floating-point. While fixed-point systems are simpler

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary B. Randolph; Dennis O. Owen

recalling knowledge. Knowledge is only one of sixclassifications in Bloom’s taxonomy, the others being comprehension, application, analysis,synthesis and evaluation.2 The following discussion of assignments will use the Bloomtaxonomy to illustrate the value of learning experiences with the virtual library.Trade Article Review – This assignment was given in a Fundamentals of Information Systemsclass. The assignment was to find an article in a trade publication and to write a paper. The paperwas to (1) summarize the article, (2) relate it to class content, and (3) discuss the relevance of thetechnology or product to industry. In terms of Bloom’s taxonomy, this assignment involvedknowledge, comprehension, and evaluation.Technology Oral Report/Memo

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2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Alfred A. Scalza

perceptions, conflict, student stress, and teamvs. individual learning. A systematic study of how individuals behave in the classroom as well as in theoffice indicate that certain traits show up in both arenas. For one thing, behavior is usually not randombut instead based on fundamental consistencies that are more or less accepted by all the students. Forexample, we all drive on the right side of the street in America, we face the doors when we get in anelevator and students raise their hands to speak in class. Behavior is generally predicable in the classroomas in the office with few exceptions.The difference between organizational behavior in the classroom and in the office has always been that inthe office the group’s performance is the yardstick

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Janusz Zalewski, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Work-in-Progress: A Software Based Robotic Vision Simulator for Use in Teaching Introductory Robotics CoursesWith the rising popularity of robotics in our modern world there is an increase in engineeringprograms that offer an introductory course in robotics. This common introductory roboticscourse generally covers the fundamental theory of robotics including robot kinematics,dynamics, differential movements, trajectory planning and basic computer vision algorithmscommonly used in the field of robotics. To teach robotic vision the student is generallyexposed to a variety of vision algorithms where they learn how to combine them along withthe selection of their parameters to

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Pape, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

progressfrom “cookbook” experiences to somewhat more open ended labs and finally to asignificant experimental design process. In the first series of six straightforward“cookbook” labs, students have one week in which to perform pre-lab work, do theexperiment, and write a short technical report documenting their results. Next, there aretwo somewhat more open ended “two week labs” where students extend the knowledgeand skills obtained earlier in the course to answering slightly more difficult experimentalquestions, with slightly increased reporting requirements. Finally, the last quarter of thesemester is devoted to a four week experimental design laboratory, requiring students toformulate a question, select equipment, construct or modify an apparatus

Conference Session

Session/Panel 2: New Opportunities – Breaking into Federal Agencies that are New for You

Collection

2017 ERC

Authors

Rosemarie Hunziker

constant FY14 $) superiority fuel the engine of US economic growthSource: http://www.aaas.org/page/historical-trends-federal-rdDifferent Agencies: Different Cultures Research basic applied Development Spectrum of supportNSFNIHDARPA High Risk High Feasibility Probability of success Entrepreneurial Experienced PI/Team QualificationsNIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; James Christopher Foreman, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

this interactivecourse, which introduces students to fundamental engineering skills – including teamwork,design, project management, technical writing, critical thinking, programming, communication(including written, oral, and graphical), and an introduction to engineering research. The courseincludes extensive introductory design pedagogy coupled with project management; includingtwo individual design challenges during the semester, and culminating in a team-basedCornerstone project that all students present at the end of the semester. For conveying keyinstructional topics to the students, a few select classes are held in the EG classroom(s), whileadditional instruction is delivered online via supplementary, instructor-created videos

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 22

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dhruv Gambhir, Nanyang Technological University; Yifan Xie, University College London; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Junaid Qadir, Qatar University; Andy Khong, Nanyang Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

know the fundamentals, how it looks like, then you can use generative AI to merge some ideas and go to the next level’ (Clint)While all the interviewees acknowledged GenAI's capacity to summarize information, there wasa debate concerning the generation of novel insights. For instance, Hillary and Todd believeGenAI can facilitate self-learning by providing good ideas and serving as a starting point foracademic writing, while Serena and Ben argue that it only comes from in-depth individualresearch and brainstorming.Among all the outcomes, there is also an illustration of GenAI as a time saver, especially when itcomes to information research: ‘Along with this, academically, I think it just helps shorten down the time it takes to do a

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra K. Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Divisions

Materials

. Page 23.1115.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Supplementing Instruction with Pencasts created with a SmartPenTwo years ago, I bought an Echo SmartPen developed by LiveScribeTM. The package1 included a4GB pen with two ink cartridges, two caps, a micro USB cable, and a starter dot paper notebookas shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Echo SmartPen Package1 from LiveScribeTMFigure 2 shows the major components of the pen. Ink cartridges are available in both fine andmedium points in black, blue and red colors. A tiny high speed infrared camera is focused at thetip of the ink cartridge to capture everything I would write or draw. The embedded dualmicrophones record the audio in the

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Holles

retained, additional topics and assignments havebeen included to more completely cover the graduate school experience. A typical classschedule is shown in Table 1.Table 1: Typical Class ScheduleWeek Class Topic Week Class Topic1 1 Welcome/Introduction 8 1 Paper Writing 2 Library 2 Paper Writing 3 Why Grad School? 3 Paper Writing2 1 Holiday 9 1 Ethics 2 Communications Basics 2 Ethics 3 No Class 3 Ethics3 1 Presentations 10

Conference Session

FPD7 - Global Warming & Sustainability for First-Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair Rowley, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Thomas Bazzoli, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

cause is going to require theeducated attention of many disciplines. One of these has to be engineering as engineers aretrained in the practical application of science and technology to meet human needs. What isbeing presented here is how we have restructured part of our course to provide lecture contentand laboratory experiences on global warming.We are fortunate to have a course that provides the framework to accomplish this, our freshmancourse EGR 190 Fundamentals of Engineering and Computer Science (FECS).This course has been modified to include pre and post global warming perception surveys, anintroduction to global warming using the video “An Inconvenient Truth”, mini lectures onalternative energy and two lectures and labs involving solar

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre- College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danial J. Neebel PE, Loras College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

tutorial covering programming and building the kit [7]. The followingFigure 2: Robot with whiskers installed at describes the weekly assignments and provides a the end of week 2. summary of the final projects. Schedule Week 1: Brains and Brawn. The first week is spent on the fundamental aspects of programming (Brains) and building the robot (Brawn). Students construct the robot and write a program for the robot to traverse a predetermined route. Students also do some circuit building with LEDs and resistors connected to Arduino outputs to provide signals

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lance C. Perez; Jerald L. Varner; Michael F. Anderson

305 Probability and Random Processes,ELEC 462 Communication Systems, and ELEC 464 Digital Communications. The laboratoryplatform chosen for the ISSL is the Telecommunications Instructional Modeling Systems(TIMS). This paper describes how the laboratory is being used in the junior level course ELEC305 Probability and Random Processes.ELEC 305 is a required three credit hour course in the undergraduate curriculum in theDepartment of Electrical Engineering with course objectives that emphasize the fundamentals ofaxiomatic probability theory and random processes and their application in electrical engineeringdisciplines. ELEC 305 has significant mathematical and theoretical content and is a prerequisitecourse for senior level elective courses in

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michelle Sabick; John Gardner; Patricia Pyke; William Knowlton; Amy Moll

operations for ten minutes. The module handouts are included at the end of this paper.Activity I — Modeling. Many students want to jump right in and start designing their process.However, their first class requirement is to develop a mathematical function that expressesmanufacturing costs and to graph the cost of a sandwich as a function of production time. Giventhe selling price, the students also perform calculations related to profit and yield. Thesecalculations, which may be done on paper or in Excel, give the students a realistic starting pointto begin their process development.Activity II — Writing procedures. The subtleties of communicating specific instructions areexplored in this activity where students write a simple procedure to make a

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 1 - Educator's Tools

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quamrul H. Mazumder, University of Michigan, Flint; Sunzia Sultana, University of Michigan, Flint

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

,collaboration is integral to significant scientific endeavors, serving as a fundamental requirementfor success. Scientific and professional work, at its core, functions as a key educational tool, andits substance can be conveyed through various formats and methodologies [2].The current study is a systematic process to manage scholarly work using three differentstrategies: Managing literature with proper citation, Fair Use, and Team writing. To avoidinappropriate and inconvenient use of materials we will use a checklist for best practices inwriting scholarly which will ensure the use of the proper procedure.Literature Review:Several studies were conducted using various methods of doing scholarly work in differentacademic environments and fields. In

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard D. Swope; J. Paul Giolma

being far different from even the highest order ofartisanship. He expected us to prove ourselves scientists...” 1 Following the Allied victory in World War II, other fundamental changes began to take place inengineering education. References to the National Science Foundation (NSF) became frequent in engineeringliterature. In 1950, a paper in The Journal of Engineering Education expressed the view that “Under theimpact of modern science... the necessary link between the ‘fundamentals’ and ‘applications’ is often missingin the instruction.” 2 In 1953, the Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education recommended forengineering undergraduates, a greater emphasis on basic sciences with design integrated over the last twoyears.3

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Berry; Patricia Carlson

a junior-level introduction to engineering designcourse. Rather than elaborating on the course itself, we focus in this paper on the data collectioncapabilities of CPR and give samples of the types of analyses made possible by the tool.I. Using Writing as an Analog for Thinking in Engineering DesignWe base this paper on experiences with Calibrated Peer Review (CPR), largely over the past twoyears. We demonstrate how the CPR learning platform moves well beyond traditional web-delivered, course enrichment software. More specifically, data collected in a junior-levelengineering design course is used to illustrate how CPR system features help to make formativeassessment an integral part of using writing in the learning process. In fact, the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Anderson

Session 2520 Staged Solutions as a Means of Learning via the Internet Edward E. Anderson Texas Tech UniversityAbstractIn engineering fundamentals courses such as Statics, Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics, learningthe process of analysis is as important as the answers. But, when learning over the Internet,teachers are restricted to simple interactions such as multiple choices, select an object, drop anddrag, and key word answers. So, how does one teach the process of analysis with these verysimple interactions? This paper presents a technique the author calls

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid Al-Olimat

project and to show how such tool helps students in the learning of undergraduateelectromagnetics course.IntroductionWith the rapid change of technology and its attendant introduction of new material into thecurriculum, most colleges and universities face an ever-increasing demand to optimize theircurriculum and increase the content of courses. This places large demands on educators todetermine more efficient ways of presenting material in order to ensure that students continue tohave the same basic understanding of fundamental concepts and skills as in the past. Theprimary goal of this paper is to address that concern. The development of a computer -aidedlearning tool, with the use of MatLab, will create a significant software to aid the

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas J. Vasko, Central Connecticut State University; Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter F. Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

“soft skills” upon their graduation, with the former learning outcomes typicallyeasier to evaluate and assess than the latter. This paper presents rubrics and assessment methodsusing engineering courses for evaluating the soft-skills-program learning outcomes engagementin lifelong learning competencies, communication, and the impact of engineering solutions. Theassessment of the lifelong learning student outcome is addressed using results from a set ofsemester-long assignments in a fluid mechanics course. The recently developed and adoptedcourse, Engineering Technical Writing and Presentation, in which students learn to develop aneffective writing process for writing engineering documents in future courses and industry, isused in the assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Yanwu Ding

Integrating Matlab into Graduate Courses in Digital Signal Processing Yanwu DingAbstractDigital signal processing has been widely used in various disciplines of engineering. Students areexpected to be competent, not only in fundamental digital signal processing concepts andtheories but also in practical signal processing techniques for achieving broader applications. Inthe graduate curriculum of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science(EECS) at Wichita State University (WSU), a graduate course, EE782 Discrete Time SignalProcessing, is offered. This course focuses on fundamental concepts and techniques of digitalsignal processing in

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Bernard Hoop; Thomas E. Hulbert; Robert B. Angus; Eric W. Hansberry

writing skills will write the report,and those accomplished in drafting will produce the drawings. While this may be efficient andwidely done in industry, students seldom work in areas where they need the most improvement.In an effort to fairly determine deserving grades, each student may be asked to write a briefdescription of their contribution to the project and a percent estimate of each group members’contribution.II. Design Project FormatEngineering and design textbooks suggest various project formats, many of which are generaland may be altered to accommodate specific designs. One such design as suggested by GerardVoland, is a complete thirteen-part outline developed to familiarize first-year students with thedesign process and prepare them

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

manufacturing that is totallydependant on manual labor will be moving countries with lower labor cost. Consequently, themain part of the non-engineering US workforce (especially those who will not have engineeringor technological trainings) will have to have fundamental understanding of technology, the usageof technology and issues related to technology.In addition fundamental understanding of technology is becoming necessary for many managers,directors, CEOs, as well as policy makers. However, most such key decision makers do not haveengineering degrees. At the same time such individuals are defining policies, companydirections, and future planning for technologically related or technologically affected disciplines