Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rania Hussein, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

one of the importantgoals of the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Accordingly, Bloom’s taxonomy has becomean important tool for science and engineering educators [16][17][18] to ensure an adequatecoverage of high-level cognitive skills in the curriculum in order to prepare students to effectivelydesign engineering systems in industry [19].The application of Bloom's taxonomy to the laboratory experiences and reports assessed in thispaper is shown in Figure 1. Students are expected to enter into the laboratory with prior knowledgeof Finite State Machines and the fundamentals of Hardware Description Language(SystemVerilog). The 6th level of Bloom’s taxonomy was not included in the study because theoutcome (goal) of the laboratory was

Conference Session

Sustainable and Urban Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshad Rajabipour, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

refereed articles on related subjects. Farshad is a member of the Transportation Research Board - TRB (Committee AFN10) and the American Concrete Institute - ACI (Committees 123, 130, 236).Aleksandra Radlinska, Villanova University Dr. Aleksandra Radlinska is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Villanova University. She obtained her MS in Civil Engineering from Szczecin University of Technology in Poland and her PhD degree from Purdue University, IN. Aleksandra teaches introductory undergraduate courses on civil engineering materials as well as graduate courses that relate fundamentals of materials science with applications to civil engineering materials. She is

Conference Session

Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Dibble; Carrie Hernandez; Abbie Wells; Steven Barrett

each PC. As of this writing, the first semester of using theTraining Platform is approximately complete. Informal, qualitative feedback from studentsindicate they like using them. It is difficult to provide a comparative analysis since there is nogroup of students that have used the new trainer and the predecessor instructional aids.We are working on expanding the basic set of six laboratory exercises written by the studentswith additional laboratory tasks and new laboratory exercises. Our goal is to have a large libraryof laboratory exercises to choose from for each offering of the course. We are in the process ofadding the following laboratory exercises:• Adding an RS-232 interface task to the Serial Communications Interface laboratory

Conference Session

Course Design, Course Projects, and Student Perceptions in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware; Catherine A Fromen, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

that would advance thevaccine design. Students presented these in a 15-minute scientific oral presentation, with 10minutes of questions and answers from the rest of the class to promote a discussion and peerassessment. Activity 3 achieved Learning Outcomes 5-8.The two writing components worked to maintain student accountability throughout the semesterand engagement with course material outside of the lecture. Each week, students were promptedto respond to five questions: (1) What did you learn about the subject this week? (What is still confusing?) (2) How does this fit into the larger context of your individual life, your social/organizational life, and/or work life (especially connections to your chemical engineering education

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 2 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland College Park; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Mary Lord, Towson University; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland College Park

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

recommendations for how to implement engineering curricula in racially andethnically diverse schools to engage all students. Therefore, the perspectives of engineeringeducators may support further improvement of teacher education and training, and address issuesin equity and the achievement gap.Research QuestionsThe overall implementation of E4USA fundamentally is guided by an interest in expanding thescope of engineering education to diverse high school classrooms. This particular research effortbegins to unpack the degree to which racial and ethnic classroom composition, as well associoeconomic diversity, influences the ways in which teachers prepare for and respond to theirimmediate environment in the context of E4USA. In other words, we seek to

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Arrheniusequation) and their modification to fit the requirements of the engineering task. Page 23.287.3Modeling in Engineering PracticeEnglish and Mousoulides5 argue that the “heart” of engineering consists of both the engineeringdesign process itself and “the creation, application, and adaptation of mathematical/scientificmodels that can be used to interpret, explain, and predict the behaviour of complex systems.”The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has emphasized theimportance of modeling through their thirteen Fundamental Objectives of EngineeringInstructional Laboratories.6 The importance of models in engineering education is

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Caverly, Villanova University; Howard Fulmer, Villanova University; Sridhar Santhanam, Villanova University; James O’Brien, Villanova University; Gerard Jones, Villanova University; Edward Char, Villanova University; Frank Mercede, Villanova University; Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Randy Weinstein, Villanova University; Joseph Yost, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-146: PROJECT-BASED FRESHMAN ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE:THE CORE COURSERobert Caverly, Villanova University Dr. Caverly is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In addition to teaching the freshman engineering experience, he also teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in electromagnetics and RF and microwave engineering. He is the author of the book 'CMOS RFIC Design Principles'.Howard Fulmer, Villanova University Prof. Fulmer is an Instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He has taught a variety of classes, including Freshman-level Engineering (Analysis, Computation, Graphics, Interdisciplinary Projects I/II), Senior-level

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Retention & Bridge Programs #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; William Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Ariel Cervantes Lafuente; Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Michael S. Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Shani O'Brien, University of Colorado Denver

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #31315Learning Communities: Impact on Retention of first-year studentsDr. Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver Dr. Darbeheshti is an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Denver.William Schupbach, University of Colorado DenverAriel Cervantes LafuenteProf. Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver Tom Altman received his B.S. degrees in Computer Science and in Mathematics, and M.S. and Ph.D. (1984) in Computer Science, all from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Altman specializes in optimization algorithms, formal language theory, and complex system simulation. He has

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack

. Page 2.462.7 a. Overall Usefulness b. Pictures help comprehension of topics c. Working Model helps comprehension of problems d. The course notes make the material more appealing e. The on-line Web pages are useful f. It is useful getting other information off the Web (eg. problem numbers) g. Links to other Web sites are useful h. The use of the computer to present in class is useful i. You can keep track of the lectures by writing in the notes question Figure 3 - Histogram of First Survey QuestionsIn analyzing the result there is an obvious high response rate to all questions. There were only afew responses in the mediocre to poor range, and I suspect that there is a

Conference Session

Student Misconceptions and Problem Solving Abiltiy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Peggy Van Meter, Pennsylvania State University; Monica Wright, Pennsylvania State University; Jonna Kulikowich, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the strategic and meta-cognitive processes that learners use to integrate multiple representations and acquire knowledge that will transfer and be useful in problem solving. She can be contacted at pnv1@psu.edu. Page 11.15.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 A Cognitive Study of Modeling during Problem-solving: An integrated problem solving modelIntroductionA fundamental issue in engineering education is the question of how to improve students’analytical skills.1 Analysis skills are central to engineering students’ abilities to interpret andsolve problems and the

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division, Minorities in Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #11738Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocatesfor Gender EquityDr. Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University Dr. Genalo is a University Professor and Associate Chair of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Iowa State University. He is a Fellow of ASEE and has run the NSF Grantees Poster Session for nearly 20 years. He is a former chair of DELOS and the Freshman Programs Constituent Committee (the year before it became a Division).Dr. Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University Roger Green received the B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering and the

Conference Session

ERM: Lessons Learned from COVID (COVID Part 2)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia; Fred Beyette; Amy Ragland, University of Georgia; Dominik May

respective education. His system design research focuses on developing computational representation and reasoning support for managing complex system design through the use of Model Based approaches. The goal of Dr. Morkos’ manufacturing research is to fundamentally reframe our understanding and utilization of product and process representations and computational reasoning capabilities to support the development of models which help engineers and project planners intelligently make informed decisions. On the engineering education front, Dr. Morkos’ research explores means to improve persistence and diversity in engineering education by leveraging students’ design experiences. Dr. Morkos’ research is supported by federal

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia, NASA EPDC

Paper ID #37214IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION OR REMOTE LEARNING?:UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS’ LEARNINGEXPERIENCES DURING COVID-19Eleazar Marquez (Dr.) Dr. Marquez is a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. His research efforts focus on dynamics and vibrations of mechanical systems under various loads. The mathematical models developed include deterministic and stochastic differential equations that incorporate finite element methods. Additionally, Dr. Marquez research efforts focus on developing and implementing pedagogical methods in engineering education.Samuel

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chao Wang, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. On one hand, there were students really enjoyed the entrepreneurial aspectof the course. One student commented, “I have no entrepreneurial experience however I’m quiteinterested in such things and I believe the class is an effective fundamental class.” There wasanother student who said he joined an entrepreneurial business because of this class. On the otherhand, there was student complaining “I was not very enthusiastic about the entrepreneurial sideof this specific class. The ideas were intriguing, but I didn't take this course to learn that, I wouldrather have had that as a separate class.” One possible way to address this dilemma is to put moreemphasis on engineering design process, which is the main thread of the Introduction

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zareena Gani, Higher Colleges of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

such as collaborationand reflection. At the end, students demonstrate knowledge and are judged by how much theyhave learnt and how well they communicate it. Throughout this process, the teacher’s role is toguide and advise rather than to direct and manage student work [7]. In project based learning, theprojects will have varying complexity but all will relate in some way to the fundamental theoriesand techniques of an engineer’s discipline specialization. Successful completion of projects inpractice requires the integration of all areas of an engineer’s undergraduate training. Project workis more directed to the application of knowledge, management of time and resources by thestudents as well as task and role differentiation is very important

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne A. Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

- “collegiality”. This paper lays a foundationfor making better, more informed decisions on inclusivity in higher education.In the final analysis, this paper is the assimilation of a rich, systematic literature review whichrecognizes the many potential, highly charged and emotional implications of changingdemographics. It concludes with potential solutions for culturally adjusting to this new Americandemographic reality.Introduction - Changing U.S. DemographicsThe U.S. population, on the whole, is expected to grow more slowly, age considerably and becomesignificantly more racially and ethnically diverse.It is expected the U.S. population will reach roughly 400 million people in the year 2058 [1, p. 2].At this writing, according to the U.S. Census

Conference Session

DSA Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Naomi Groza, The University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Data Science & Analytics Constituent Committee (DSA), Diversity

havetaken a specific statistics course, leaving many without a solid foundation in this area.ProgrammingProgramming appears to be a more familiar area for the students, with a range of experiencesacross different platforms and languages. All have some level of programming (VBA, Matlab,Python)." This suggests that while programming is part of their academic experience, itsrelevance to data science is not always made explicit. The level of confidence varies many arecomfortable with basic programming but weak on complex programming. Students reportcomfort with fundamental programming but acknowledge their limitations with more advancedprogramming tasks, indicating an area for potential growth and development within thecurriculum.Data VisualizationData

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Delson, University of California at San Diego; James Lynch, University of California at San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

to write up their perceived pros and cons of potentiometers vs encoders.Later in the lab session, we disclosed that a key advantage of the encoder is that it is a non-contact sensor, so that no wear occurs and there is very little friction in the encoder. We had thestudents review specification (spec.) sheets of the sensors. In prior implementations of this class,we have found that students often have difficulty in properly interpreting values from spec.sheets. Common student mistakes in interpreting spec. sheets were due to lack of understandingof the fundamental way the component worked and could manifest itself in not understanding thesignificance of the value being a maximum or minimum specification. For example, a portion ofa spec

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Gorrell, Brigham Young University; C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Edward Red, Brigham Young University; Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Michael Wright; David E. French, The Boeing Company; Shigeo Hayashibara, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Carl Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology; John P. Sullivan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

turbomachinery aerodynamics. At BYU he teaches undergraduate courses in applications of fluid dynamics and gas turbine engine design; graduate courses on compressible flow and turbulence; and has coached Capstone teams. His research interests are experimental and computational fluid dynamics, turbomachinery, computational science and engineering, and engineering education. Dr. Gorrell is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA, currently serving as Vice President - Education, and member of the AIAA Gas Turbine Engine Technical Committee.. He is also a member of the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Turbomachinery Committee.Dr. C. Greg Jensen, Brigham Young UniversityBrett Stone, Brigham Young University Brett Stone

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greses Perez, Tufts University; Lise Clara Mabour, Tufts University; G. R. Marvez, Tufts University; Ymbar Isaias Polanco Pino, Tufts University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

,” Science Education, vol. 89, no. 5, pp. 779–802, 2005, https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.20069[31] M. A. K. Halliday, & J.R. Martin, Writing Science: Literacy and Discursive Power, Routledge, 1993.[32] S. Lee, & W.M. Roth, “Learning Science in the Community,” Counterpoints, vol. 210, pp. 37–66, 2002.[33] R. Millar, “Twenty First Century Science: Insights from the design and implementation of a scientific literacy approach in school science,” International Journal of Science Education, vol. 28, no. 13, pp. 1499–1521, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500690600718344[34] S.P. Norris & L.M. Phillips, “How literacy in its fundamental sense is central to scientific literacy,” Science Education, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 224

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Michele Miller, Campbell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

process of taking a year of preparatory courses beforebeing able to start the Fundamentals of Engineering sequence. She plays an instrument in theband, works on campus approximately ten hours per week, and goes home to see her family atleast once a month. She isn’t yet involved in any engineering student organizations but hopes tobecome more involved as time goes on. Susan’s biggest academic challenge has been the healthof her mother who had cancer on top of her own learning disability. Susan hopes that thescholarship will help her to work on her time management and help her to adjust to college asecond time, once the pandemic is no longer a major factor in how the university runs.Unsuccessful Applicant Persona: Randall JonesRandall is from North

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy; Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Fred Meyer, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

2006-1109: ASSESSING CURRENT PROGRAMS AGAINST THE NEW BOKRonald Welch, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Ronald W. Welch is an Associate Professor at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Welch received a BS degree in Engineering Mechanics from USMA in 1982 and MS and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and 1999, respectively.Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Allen C. Estes is a Professor and Civil Engineering Program Director at the United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. COL Estes received a

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jay K. Martin; Jay Martin; Dayle K. Haglund; Jennifer Kushner

guiding philosophy was established, the faculty members have begun to work in smallgroups with individual objectives, comparing them with the stated objectives of the requiredcourse sequence for the undergraduate major. As all faculty members see most or all of theobjectives of the course in the sequence of courses required for the major and compared thosewith the objectives derived from the philosophy statement exercises, we expect interestingdiscussions will begin about the fundamental structure of the major. These discussions willdetermine criteria useful in determining if the curriculum really is meeting the stated objectives.Faculty will be asked to establish criteria that will be useful for determining, for example, ifstudents have gained

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University; Shams El-Adawy; Victoria Vogel, American University

. Tori’s undergraduate focus on Sociology and Applied Physics allows her to easily translate between technical and non-technical team members. Tori obtained an MBA from the University of Texas and is a continued advocate of increasing the number of women in STEM careers.Teresa L. Larkin (Associate Professor of Physics Education) Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Director and Faculty Liaison to the Combined Plan Dual-degree Engineering Program at American University. Dr. Larkin conducts educational research and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinny Rhee, San Jose State University; Camille Johnson, San Jose State University; Clifton M. Oyamot Jr., San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

prompt and write a reflection essay. In theintervention groups, one of the reflection assignments was replaced with the interventionassignment. The students were separated into groups using block randomization by section, inwhich gender, URM/nonURM, and Pell-eligibility were distributed across conditions as equallyas possible. The ethnic breakdown of the URM students is predominantly Hispanic, with verysmall percentages of Black and Pacific Islander students. Efforts were also made to balancecondition assignment across lab section day of week, time of day, and instructor. The number ofstudents in the corresponding conditions is indicated in Tables 1 - 3.Table 1. Demographic distribution of students in groups

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Laboratory Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Arash Mahboobin, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

questions ahead of time, before the project was due. Thus, the progressreviews tended to drive professional habits related to time management and completing workincrementally and iteratively. This observation is triangulated in the metacognitive datasubmitted by the students, to be discussed next. In addition, the progress reviews became a“build-as-you-go” tool for some teams, prompting them to write portions of the final report asthey progressed with their analysis. In fact, the instructor is considering formally implementingthe “build-as-you-go” strategy next time.4.3 Metacognitive Prompts - ResultsIn the 2015 semester, 17 of the 20 teams (85%) responded to our two metacognitive prompts. Inresponse to question 1 about the helpfulness of the

Conference Session

FPD12 -- Novel Approaches to First Year Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Rowe, Vanderbilt University; Stacy Klein-Gardner

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

focused on acurrent event or area of research. Each discipline-specific module is designed in the context ofproblem based learning with a fundamental set of criteria and deliverables, which include agrand challenge statement, a culminating activity/deliverable, a minimum of three assignmentsthat apply the concepts of problem solving learned in module 1, oral presentations, design andtechnical writing amongst others. The discipline-specific modules allow students to apply Page 12.125.4concepts of problem solving in an interesting and challenging setting during the second half ofthe semester.The modular course approach was designed to increase

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hugh Jack; John Farris

, and the ‘last-minute’ habits of some of the juniors. - The juniors needed to manage their time more carefully to work with the freshmen, who had different schedules. - The freshmen obtained a sense of belonging that was only starting to develop among their freshmen peers. - The students saw math, writing, programming and other topics in use. We hope this will pro- vide more motivation when they are taking fundamental courses. - Some freshmen worked ahead of the EGR 101 schedule to learn topics such as dimensioning and assembly drawings in order to satisfy the demands of the juniors. - In a few cases the juniors helped the freshmen use materials other than plastic

Conference Session

Ensuring Access to K - 12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; GWEN EBERT, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

twenty years. The goal for ESP is to prepare high school students for collegestudy in the field of engineering and science, and to attract these students to the UW-Madison.The program targets students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds including AfricanAmerican, Latino, Native American, Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong or Vietnamese. We alsoselect female students who would be first generation college students.The students are exposed to basic foundational courses that are fundamental to the engineeringdiscipline: pre-calculus or calculus depending on the background of the student, physics,chemistry, computer science, and technical writing. Students are exposed to various engineeringfields through short discipline specific laboratories and

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karnveer Gill, Greensea Systems Inc. ; Nick Morales; David Quintero, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the currentrating of the LED and sizing an appropriate current limiting resistor (Figure 1). The remainingprelab assignments follow this format of preliminary hardware and software design requirementsto better prepare students for the lab’s main content.A common task when introduced to microcontrollers with hardware is to write code that flashesan LED light on and off [12]. It similarly represents to developing the program “hello world” forembedded systems programming [13]. This first lab is a system-level take on this classicproblem, while providing a well-rounded introduction to electronics lab equipment andmicrocontrollers. We begin by powering an LED connected to a +5 Volt low current powersupply in series with a low constant resistor and