Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Wagner, Clemson University; Katie Knaub, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

amplifier. Wagner et al.8 reviewed the operational behavior of an eightday mechanical clock through mathematical models, numerical simulation, and computeranimation for dynamic system studies. A series of five laboratory and simulation experimentswere report by Burchett et al.9 which emphasize fundamental concepts in dynamic systemsincluding a swinging pendulum whose bob is located to offer maximum angular velocity.Delson10 discussed the use of a model clock project for students to analyze and fabricate apendulum and escapement wheel with integration into a clock11. In terms of K-12 audiences, theNational Science Resources Center developed the measuring time (life & earth sciences)curriculum model (grade 6) within the science and technology for

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

supporting role during development so as to obtain anunderstanding of the concept development process and project planning. Freshmen are evaluatedon their demonstrated understanding of the project through a final presentation while juniors areevaluated on the success of the prototype.For sophomores matched with seniors, the integration is less interactive. Sophomores arerequired to attend group meetings, customer design reviews, and a final poster session with theirsenior partners who are working on their capstone projects. Sophomores are required to write areflection paper which demonstrates their knowledge of the project and the process to itscompletion. This limited interaction is designed to expose the sophomores to the fully open-ended nature

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 1: Online or Remote Teaching and Curricular Developments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania

circuits course [11, 12].Hands-on laboratory experiments and projects are ubiquitous in Mechatronics courses. However,as mentioned in [3], such courses with heavy lab components present challenges to the successfulimplementation of the Hyflex model. This paper details how an undergraduate Mechatronicscourse was redesigned using the Hyflex model to create a common learning experience for allstudents, whether face-to-face, fully online or a mix of the two.Course OverviewAt York College of Pennsylvania, Mechatronics is a 4-credit, 6-contact hour course required of allsecond-year Mechanical Engineering majors. The overall objective of the course is for students toacquire technical competency in the fundamental analytic and experimental skills

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division: Ethics Education Assessment

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Michelle Hughes Miller, University of South Florida; Grisselle Centeno, Florida Polytechnic University; Elaine Englehardt, Utah Valley University; Michael Pritchard; Susan LeFrancois, Florida Polytechnic University; Ideliz Roman, University of South Florida

Paper ID #36958Cultivating the Ethical Identities of STEM Students ThroughEnhanced InternshipsMichelle Hughes Miller (University of South Florida)Elaine E Englehardt (Distinguished Professor of Ethics)Michael S Pritchard (professor emeritus)Susan LeFrancoisGrisselle CentenoKingsley A. Reeves (Associate Professor) Kingsley Reeves is an Associate Professor at the University of South Florida in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department. His current research interests focus on the lean six sigma philosophy and applications of traditional industrial engineering methods to solve problems in the education

Conference Session

Digital Circuits, Architecture, Embedded Systems

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Aggarwal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #38825Building systems Using Microcontroller-Controlled I/ODr. Anu Aggarwal, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Anu Aggarwal is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. She secured her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park under the supervision of Prof Robert W Newcomb in the area of N ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building systems using Microcontroller controlled I/OThis paper describes a novel microcontroller (MCU) based course that was added to theElectrical and Computer

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College; Billie Copley, Micro Nano Technology Education Center; Peter Kazarinoff, Portland Community College; Neda Habibi, University of North Texas; Mel Cossette, Edmonds College

received manuscripts. The Journal website page is live and there are currently 4 articles under review. 5. The MNT-EC partnered with 6 community colleges to write a supplemental proposal for undergraduate research; Pasadena City College, Finger Lakes Community College, Edmonds College, Portland Community College, Northwest Vista College, and Southern University of Shreveport, Louisiana, and eight research institutions; University of New Mexico, California State University, Northridge, University of California, Riverside, Louisiana Tech University, University of Indiana, University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Princeton University. The project will provide

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr; Justin Cone; Robert J. Roselli; Sean P. Brophy

lectures (question 9) nor would it necessarily work wellin their other engineering classes (question 10). ConclusionsThe Iron Cross biomechanics module is an effective challenge for engineering students. Itsequentially probes deeper into the complexity of the musculoskeletal system in solving staticequilibrium problems. Fundamental knowledge of engineering mechanics, coupled withempirical physiological data, are integrated to formulate and solve the problem. Indeed, there isa certain open-ended nature to the problem that some students liked, while others did not like it.In testing the IC module, it was clear that the students’ liked the use of the CPS system. Theyfound the technology easy to

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Patricia Hogan, Suffolk University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

yourecharge the 5 Ah battery to maintain the mote in the operational condition.The understanding of the concept of EM wave propagation is one of the fundamental topicsincluded in physics and physical science textbooks. Participant of this study indicated that theytook at some point a university physics course so they could explain this question based on theirprevious knowledge. It is also possible that participants gain an understanding through directexperimentation with the Tmote devices and some of the responses can reflect that. To teststudents’ understanding of electromagnetic waves propagation they were asked the questionwhether it would be feasible to try to increase the speed of transmission of EM signal usingwater as the media where the wave

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yongjin Kwon, Drexel University; William Brownlowe, Montgomery County Community College; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Goodwin College is in the process of developing a new educational laboratory for electricalengineering and electronics to serve primarily students pursuing a B.S. degree in AppliedEngineering Technology. The state of the art facilities are also designed to serve workingindividuals interested in improving their skills, as well as those seeking knowledge forprofessional advancement. Currently, there are three laboratories under development that willutilize fully-interactive videoconference teaching: 1. The electronics laboratory. The primary goal of this laboratory is to introducestudents to the fundamentals of DC/AC circuit analysis, analog and digital electronics, andfundamentals of microprocessors. The students will gain hands-on

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder; Diana Shannon, University of Colorado-Denver; Jay Shah, University of Colorado-Boulder; R. Scott Summers, University of Colorado-Boulder; Jim Ruttenber, University of Colorado

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

2006-1223: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH FOR DEVELOPING COMMUNITIESPILOT COURSEAngela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder Dr. Bielefeldt is an Associate Professor and a licensed P.E. in the State of Colorado. She teaches Civil and Environmental Engineering courses for freshman, seniors, and graduate students on topics including design, hazardous waste management, solid waste management, and bioremediation. She is a co-faculty advisor for the Engineers Without Borders student chapter at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and is working with other faculty at CU to start a new emphasis in Engineering for Developing Communities at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.Diana

Conference Session

Microcontrollers, Programming, and Data Acquisition

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derrick Rodriguez P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Joel M. Bach, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the design of an experiment • Understanding of various types of sensors and how they work • Team work, presentation of results and technical writing • Integration of probability and statistical analysis into design projects through data analysis • Problem solving with Matlab (solving a system of equations)The general outcome for the course is to better prepare the students for their follow-on courses inthe Department. As this is a new course, we do not yet have the data set to show that we havemet this requirement in their advanced courses that will be taken their junior year. The specificoutcomes for the course that we list on the syllabus are listed below. 1) Provide an introduction of the breadth of mechanical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington; Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Scott Winter, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

; and 5. Providing scholarships when funding is available.The STARS Program includes the following primary program components: Page 26.1579.4 First Year Curriculum: STARS staff developed a unique curriculum to: advance STARS students’ academic preparation in mathematics and chemistry; develop their learning skills; and help them connect to campus (see Figure 2). UW and WSU both developed a unique math course to solidify algebra and pre-calculus skills, develop the ability to read and write within a mathematical context, and apply mathematical concepts to problems in engineering and the sciences. Similarly, UW additionally has

Conference Session

Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Julian Viera Jr., University of Texas, El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Christina Convertino; Erika Mein, University of Texas, El Paso; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Collegiate, Diversity

. Her research has been published in journals such as Theory into Practice, Action in Teacher Education, and Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. She earned her Ph.D. in Reading/Writing/Literacy from the University of Pennsylvania. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Shifting Pre-Calculus from a Gatekeeper to a Gateway CourseAbstractThe national need to transform STEM education is paramount, as evidenced by the persistent gapin STEM degree attainment between whites and minorities, which continues to be a wide chasmin spite of greater numbers of minority students entering into STEM studies as compared to tenyears ago. This gap may be attributed in part to the systemic problem of

Conference Session

Software Engineering Teaching Methods and Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin Zhao, Mercer University; Laurie White, Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

coverage of what to do and how to do it is essential for the studentsto fully understand the fundamentals and carry them onto their projects.Workshops are considered as a more effective tool in conveying scenario-specific materials tothe participants. When used after a lecture that introduces a new topic (such as requirementelicitation), a workshop can zoom in on a scenario in the sample application and set theparticipants into the context of a related project activity (such as analyzing a problem statement).Depending on the background of the participants, the class can either continue to elaborate thetopic of concern, or introduce related activities and tools used (such as drawing use casediagrams using a modeling toolkit), and guide the

Conference Session

Teamwork & Assessment in the Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Kevin Dahm

instruments(grades on exams, papers etc.) within courses as the primary basis for program assessment [21].Obviously, a more comprehensive assessment method for a team-oriented, research project-basedmust be developed. Woods [22] listed five fundamental principles for assessment of teams: 1. Assessment is based on performance Page 8.996.2 2. Assessment is a judgment based on evidence rather than feelingsProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education 3. Assessment must have a purpose

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education--I

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Jackson; Larry Miller; J Hines; Harold Dodds; Dr. Ronald E. Pevey; Dr. Lawrence W. Townsend; Belle Upadhyaya

classrooms. These SMART Board systems (see Figure2) consist of an interactive 67" touch sensitive rear projection screen (whiteboard) that acts as aninput/output interface to an web connected PC computer. Tapping on the board is equivalent to amouse click and writing to the whiteboard is accomplished with electronic pens. Additionally,screen shots can be captured and class lectures can be recorded for posting to a class website.More information on SMART Board technology is located found at http://www.smarttech.com/. Page 7.1196.5 Figure 2. SMART Board Rear Projection Unit “Proceedings of the 2002 American

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosana Miskulin; Mauro Miskulin; Geraldo Gonçalves Jr.; Dilermando Piva; Charlotte Gunawardena

. The objective of the study is to evaluate whether modules developed based onartificial intelligence applications to Distance Education, may reduce the number ofinstructors necessary to manage an online course and allow a larger number of studentsin a virtual class.2. A VISION OF THE CURREN T MODEL The current writings on Distance Education indicate that this form of educationbased on communication technologies is still a social utopia. One of the mainadvantages of a distance-learning course would be meeting the increasing demand fromstudents. As a limitation, a course on-line that possesses more than 20 students perteacher (mediator) becomes practically unsustainable from the qualitative point of viewof the didactic-pedagogic

Conference Session

Novel Classroom Environments

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Skip Rochefort; Keith Levien

response to thethree sensor readings.ABET Criteria 3 Outcomes We believe the LEGO projects provide us the capability to address several of ourdepartments locally defined ABET Criteria 3 Outcomes (l-q), which are: l) formal practices of project planning and management m) the ability to identify what information is missing and to formulate specific critical engineering problems when given complex process problems n) the ability to make rapid and intelligent engineering decisions with minimal data o) the ability to find trends in large quantities of process data and relate those trends back to fundamental chemical engineering process principles p) the ability to identify modifications to process

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Kreppel; Beverly Swaile

residential builders, etc.). Each student group gives a technical presentation on the focus issue from the perspective of its assigned stakeholder.3. Based upon these oral presentations, each student outlines in writing the positions taken by the other stakeholder groups—their professional interests and ethical concerns. Feedback occurs from individual faculty and the other students within each of the stakeholder groups, and then among the class as a whole. The goal of this exchange and feedback is accuracy in hearing and identifying the positions of others.4. “Public hearings” combine guest speakers' presentations on the focus issue with student groups responding in their stakeholder roles. Speakers are chosen to advocate specific

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

is only valid if the course content actually includes the expected skill or knowledge and the course grading ensures a satisfactory level of achievement, issues that must be evaluated independently. Alternatively, one could attempt to identify an assessment method that directly measures the desired skill or knowledge.2) One of the other Schools at Georgia Tech has recently considered requiring all students to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam as a condition of graduation. This would seem to be a useful assessment tool, since all graduates would participate and results could be compared to national norms. However, since students cannot be required to pass the exam, many of them may not take it seriously and their

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Sayle; Joseph L. A. Hughes

passed. However, this assessment is only valid if the course content actually includes the expected skill or knowledge and the course grading ensures a satisfactory level of achievement, issues that must be evaluated independently. Alternatively, Page 3.241.6 one could attempt to identify an assessment method that directly measures the desired skill or knowledge.2) One of the other Schools at Georgia Tech has recently considered requiring all students to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam as a condition of graduation. This would seem to be a useful assessment tool, since all graduates would participate and results could be

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith E. Hedges

structures courses.The first course introduces the fundamental principles of statics and mechanics of materials,while the second course includes structural steel and timber design. The third course became theimmersion setting. There were forty-four architecture students enrolled in the junior-levelstructures course during the spring semester of 2010. This third course is in flux as our programtransitions from a five-year bachelor to a five-year master’s program. The master’s curriculum issunsetting reinforced masonry and concrete design topical content in the third course in favor ofa new research-based course. The upcoming course description reads, “Application ofengineering principles and analytical methods, as presented in the earlier technology

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mahmoud Elsayed; Paul Cotae

acousticit performs numerical calculations of the probability of modem set.error, entropy of message signal, information loss, bit 2. Channel noise for underwater communicationerror rate, cross correlation, and mutual information. transmission medium, which receives an input X andSimulation study of the underwater acoustic channel produces an output Y. If the channel is noiseless, themodel is also presented. Our work shows that the use of output will be equal to input. However, in generalmobile

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C.J. Egelhoff, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; K.L. Burns, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Page 22.48.6 The deflection bubble is intentionally simplified, with just the list (a memory cue) ofmethods learned to determine deflection (and slope) accompanied by the abbreviateddiscontinuity function table. Through additional investigations in the upper-level MachineDesign course, we have determined that the discontinuity function approach is the most direct forcomplex geometry (variable cross-section as with stepped or tapered shafts) subjected to variableand/or repeated loads in possibly multiple planes21-22. The table and equations may not beabsolutely clear here, but they remind the user to use the “real” table and to begin by writing thediscontinuity function for the moment equation for the entire beam as the best way to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Gally; Steve Chadwick; Randy Shaffer; Milton Cone; Jim Helbling

promote their oral communication skills. Thepreparation for these reviews also fostered project planning and management abilities, as well asan understanding of the mechanics and control of ground and flight vehicles.Lecture TopicsERAU operates on a semester schedule and this course is worth 2 credit hours – 1 hour of lectureand 2 hours of lab per week. The lecture topics can be roughly split into two categories. In thefirst category were the following lectures: - Introduction to the Engineering Profession and Disciplines - History of Engineering - The Engineering Design Process and Time Management - Introduction to Technical Report Writing - Teamwork - Engineering EthicsThese topics are of course important to all

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Development and Delivery of On-line Upper Division Engineering Technology Courses: A Case Study Sohail Anwar The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College Jo-Ann Rolle and Altaf A. Memon School of Business and Technology, Excelsior CollegeAbstractWith the advancement of Internet, on-line instruction is becoming popular in engineeringeducation. Traditional and non-traditional colleges and universities are using a variety ofinstructional tools and techniques to deliver on-line courses to their students. Computerand telecommunication technological advances have provided alternatives to thetraditional classroom

Conference Session

Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-661: NASA SENIOR DESIGN: MINERAL SEPARATION TECHNOLOGYFOR LUNAR REGOLITH SIMULANT PRODUCTIONWilliam Cross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. William M. Cross is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. His areas of interest include mineral processing, polymer matrix composite materials, wind energy and archaeometallurgy. Page 15.904.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 NASA Senior Design: Mineral Separation Technology for Lunar Regolith

Conference Session

Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Trevor Scott Harding, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Patrick J. Cunningham, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kristine R. Csavina, Colorado School of Mines; Michelle Choi Ausman, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Diana Lau, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Bachelors of Arts candidate at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She is concentrating on ethical engineering design and minoring in English and Psychology. She is a Technical Writing Intern at Ernie Ball Music Man in San Luis Obispo, CA. Currently, she is working on the 2Towns Project in Sacramento, California to help redesign the K Street Passageway, as part of her Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies curriculum. In June 2018, she will travel as part of the Cal Poly Service in Action program to work with the people of Lima, Peru to help with efforts in regards to children’s health and human services.Diana Lau, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnny Chang, National University; Ayman El Salim, National University; Ronald Uhlig, National University; Michelle Bright

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

developing a detailed projectplan. They conduct most of their research in the second month, and then spend much of the final Page 13.1008.3month documenting their work. They must complete two tasks: 1) write a 15,000 to 40,000word report which displays both technical depth and breadth and 2) defend their research results 1in an oral presentation to a panel of experts. The panel includes both faculty and industryexperts.One or two months to actually conduct the research phase of the project can limit the topics thatstudents can address. One of the fastest growing programs in National University is the

Conference Session

ET Web Based Laboratories

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

. *** Page 7.457.2 “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”The previous paragraph alluded to an on-line laboratory course. At this writing, we have offeredsix electronics engineering technology courses via the Internet–three lecture courses and threelab courses. We piloted the freshman-level DC circuits lecture and lab courses during the fallsemester of 2000 and have since developed and offered the freshman AC circuits lecture and labcourses and the freshman digital fundamentals lecture and lab courses. The DC circuits courseshave been offered each semester since the pilot. The author developed the DC